Characterization of Ligurian melanoma families and risk of occurrence of other neoplasia

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 441-448

  Ghiorzo, Paola ^a   Ciotti, Paola ^a   Mantelli, Michela ^a   Heouaine, Abdelhamid ^b   Queirolo, Paola ^b   Rainero, Maria Luisa ^c   Ferrari, Carlo ^b   Santi, Pier Luigi ^b   De Marchi, Roberto ^c   Farris, Alessandro ^c   Ajmar, Franco ^a   Bruzzi, Paolo ^b   Bianchi Scarrà, Giovanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c San Paolo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENES, P16; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032859717     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19991112)83:4<441::AID-IJC2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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