A follow-up study of breast and other cancers in families of an unselected series of breast cancer patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 718-722

  Bennett, K E ^a   Howell, A ^b   Evans, D G R ^c   Birch, Jillian M ^a  

^a ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer predisposition; Breast cancer risk; Familial cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037017872     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600106     Document Type: Article

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