Incidence of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer and the feasibility of molecular screening for the disease

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 338, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1481-1487

  Aaltonen, Lauri A ^a   Salovaara, Reijo ^a   Kristo, Paula ^a   Canzian, Federico ^a   Hemminki, Akseli ^a   Peltomäki, Päivi ^a   Chadwick, Robert B ^b,c   Kääriäinen, Helena ^d   Eskelinen, Matti ^f   Järvinen, Heikki ^g   Mecklin, Jukka Pekka ^e   De La Chapelle, Albert ^a,c   Percesepe, Antonio ^a   Ahtola, Heikki ^h   Härkönen, Niilo ⁱ   Julkunen, Risto ^f   Kangas, Eero ^j   Ojala, Seppo ^k   Tulikoura, Jukka ^l   Valkamo, Erkki ^m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Vaestoliitto   (Finland)

^e Family Guidance Center of Jyväskylä   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h Joensuu Central Hospital   (Finland)

ⁱ MIKKELI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^j Department of Surgery   (Finland)

^k Kajaani Central Hospital   (Finland)

^l Kotka Central Hospital   (Finland)

^m Savonlinna Central Hospital   (Finland)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; CARRIER PROTEINS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032555020     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199805213382101     Document Type: Article

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