G2 chromosomal radiosensitivity in Danish survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer and their offspring

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1038-1045

  Curwen, G B ^a,b   Winther, J F ^c   Tawn, E J ^a   Smart, V ^a   Whitehouse, C A ^a   Rees, G S ^a   Olsen, J H ^c   Guldberg, P ^d   Rechnitzer, C ^e   Schroder H ^f   Bryant, P E ^b   Sheng, X ^g   Lee, H S ^g   Chakraborty, R ^g   Boice Jr , J D ^h,i  

^a WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^d DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood and adolescent cancer; Chromosomal radiosensitivity; Inherited predisposition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; COHORT STUDIES; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; G2 PHASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 27644479261     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602807     Document Type: Article

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