Impact of family history on the risk of breast cancer among the Japanese

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1130-1136

  Hirose, Kaoru ^a   Tajima, Kazuo ^a   Hamajima, Nobuyuki ^a   Kuroishi, Tetsuo ^a   Miura, Shigeto ^a   Tokudome, Shinkan ^b  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age at diagnosis; Breast cancer; Family history; Odds ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER RISK; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031443732     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1997.tb00340.x     Document Type: Article

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