Human breast cancer and lymphomas may share a common aetiology involving Mouse Mammary Tumour Virus (MMTV)

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 492-494

  Cotterchio, M ^a,b   Nadalin, V ^a   Sauer, M ^c  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR ONCOVIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; MURINAE;

EID: 0036784422     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(02)00204-9     Document Type: Article

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