Multiple primary cancers of the colon, breast and skin (melanoma) as models for polygenic cancers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 883-887

  Dong, Chuanhui ^b   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b  

^a CNT Novum   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Colon cancer; Familial factors; First degree relative; Melanoma; Second cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SECOND CANCER;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035877079     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1261     Document Type: Article

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