Cancer incidence in families with multiple glioma patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 819-822

  Paunu, Niina ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Laippala, Pekka ^c   Sankila, Risto ^b   Isola, Jorma ^d   Miettinen, Helena ^a   Simola, Kalle O J ^a   Helén, Pauli ^a   Helin, Heikki ^a   Haapasalo, Hannu ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Epidemiological; Familial glioma; Hereditary cancer; Meningioma; Skin melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENETIC TRAIT; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; TURCOT SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0037138429     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10107     Document Type: Article

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