Parental cancer as a risk factor for brain tumors (Sweden)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-199

  Hemminki, K ^a   Li, X ^a   Collins, V P ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Ependymoma; Familial risk; Medulloblastoma; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; DATA BASE; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTS; PEDIGREE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034987667     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011275704954     Document Type: Article

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