Risk factors for ovarian cancer and early-onset breast cancer in Mongolia

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 397-400

  Elit, L ^a   Baigal, G ^a   Jack, E ^a   Munkhtaivan, A ^a   Narod, S A ^a  

^a JURAVINSKI CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mongolia; Ovarian cancer; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MONGOLIA; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PREMENOPAUSE; RELATIVE; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MONGOLIA; MUTATION; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036433965     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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