CHEK2 1100delC is not a risk factor for male breast cancer population

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 475-476

  Syrjäkoski, Kirsi ^a   Kuukasjärvi, Tuula ^b   Auvinen, Anssi ^c   Kallioniemi, Olli P ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

CHEK2; Germline mutation; Male breast cancer

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0347625930     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11384     Document Type: Article

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