Familial aggregation of colorectal cancer in Egypt

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 811-816

  Soliman, Amr S ^a,b,g   Bondy, Melissa L ^b   Levin, Bernard ^b   El Badawy, Samy ^c   Khaled, Hussein ^c   Hablas, Ahmed ^d   Ismail, Sohair ^e   Adly, Mostafa ^e   Mahgoub, Khaled G ^c   McPherson, R Sue ^f   Beasley, R Palmer ^f  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d Tanta Cancer Center   (Egypt)

^e AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031846974     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980911)77:6<811::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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