Gene-environment interaction in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer with implications for diagnosis and genetic testing

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 516-519

  Park, Jae Gahb ^a   Park, Young Jin ^a   Wijnen, Juul T ^d   Vasen, Hans F A ^b,c  

^a Cancer Research Center   (South Korea)

^b Netherlands Found Detection H   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM LINE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NETHERLANDS; ONSET AGE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NETHERLANDS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032864181     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19990812)82:4<516::AID-IJC8>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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