False family history of breast cancer in the family cancer clinic

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-279

  Kerr, Bronwyn ^a   Foulkes, William D ^b   Cade, D ^c   Hadfield, L ^d   Hopwood, P ^d   Serruya, Corinne ^b   Hoare, E ^e   Narod, Steven A ^f   Evans, D Gareth ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LEIGHTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Factitious disorder; Familial malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031687789     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(98)80005-X     Document Type: Article

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