Family history of benign thyroid disease and cancer and risk of thyroid cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 754-760

  Memon, A ^a,b,d   Berrington De Gonzalez A ^c   Luqmani, Y ^a   Suresh, A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b KUWAIT CANCER CONTROL CENTER   (Kuwait)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benign thyroid disease; Case control study; Familial clustering; Family history; Kuwait; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFICATION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1542358990     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2003.12.011     Document Type: Article

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