Absolute risk of breast cancer for Australian women with a family history

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 725-731

  Taylor, R ^a   Boyages, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast diseases; Breast neoplasms; Family; Genetic predisposition to disease; Genetics; Meta analysis; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033798083     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01936.x     Document Type: Article

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