Central nervous system cancers in first-degree relatives and spouses

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 299-308

  Grossman, Stuart A ^a,b   Osman, Medhat ^a   Hruban, Ralph ^a   Piantadosi, Steven ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD; CONSANGUINITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; SPOUSE; VIRUS CARCINOGENESIS;

EID: 0033037830     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07357909909032870     Document Type: Article

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