Parental cancer as a risk factor for nine common childhood malignancies

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 990-993

  Hemminki, K ^a   Mutanen, P ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Leukaemia; Lymphoma; Retinoblastoma endocrine tumours; Wilms tumour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SWEDEN; THYROID CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; RETINOBLASTOMA; RISK FACTORS; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0035815264     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1629     Document Type: Article

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