Gender effects in familial cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 184-187

  Hemminki, Kari ^a   Li, Xinjun ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Background incidence; Interaction; Sex chromosome; Sex ratio; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX RATIO; THYROID CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX RATIO; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037058311     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10676     Document Type: Article

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