Role of chance in familial aggregation of colorectal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1084-1086

  Katballe, N ^a   Bentzen, S M ^b   Christensen, M ^a   Wikman, F P ^a   Orntoft T ^a   Laurberg, S ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amsterdam criteria; Coincidence; Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer; HNPCC; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DENMARK; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035917718     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1717     Document Type: Article

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