A comprehensive model for familial breast cancer incorporating BRCA1, BRCA2 and other genes

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 76-83

  Antoniou, A C ^a   Pharoah, P D P ^b   McMullan, G ^c   Day, N E ^b   Stratton, M R ^d   Peto, J ^d   Ponder, B J ^b   Easton, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BRCA3; High risk families; Polygenes; Population studies; Segregation analysis

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EID: 0037033733     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600008     Document Type: Article

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