Associations between prostate cancer susceptibility and parameters of exposure to ultraviolet radiation

Cancer Letters

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-148

  Bodiwala, Dhaval ^a,b   Luscombe, Christopher J ^a   French, Michael E ^a   Liu, Samson ^a   Saxby, Mark F ^a   Jones, Peter W ^c   Fryer, Anthony A ^b   Strange, Richard C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult sunbathing; Benign prostatic hypertrophy; Childhood sunburning; Cumulative exposure; Prostate cancer; Skin type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILDHOOD; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN; SUNBURN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EYE COLOR; HAIR COLOR; HISTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROSTATE TUMOR; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUNLIGHT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EYE COLOR; HAIR COLOR; HELIOTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHENOTYPE; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SUNBURN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0642335052     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(03)00416-6     Document Type: Article

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