Familial cancer risks in affected sibships: Results from the Swedish Family-Cancer Database

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-159

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Kyyrönen, Pentti ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CNT Novum   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer in sibs; Cancer models; Familial cancer; Genetic epidemiology; Proband

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DATA BASE; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; MELANOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; OVARY CANCER; PARENT; SIBLING; SWEDEN; THYROID CANCER;

FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033856599     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2272(200009)19:2<149::AID-GEPI3>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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