Genetic implications of double primary cancers of the colorectum and endometrium

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 978-984

  Pal, Tuya ^a,b   Flanders, Tarnar ^c   Mitchell Lehman, Margot ^d   MacMillan, Andrée ^c   Brunet, Jean Sebastien ^a   Narod, Steven A ^a,e   Foulkes, William D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Endometrial cancer; Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; BLADDER CANCER; CANADA; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0031757554     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.35.12.978     Document Type: Article

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