High constant incidence in twins and other relatives of women with breast cancer

Nature Genetics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 411-414

  Peto, Julian ^a,b   Mack, Thomas M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033667308     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/82533     Document Type: Article

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