Association of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with cancers in family members

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1307-1309

  Couto, E ^a   Chen, B ^b   Hemminki, K ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Family history; Prenatal origin; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SWEDEN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27944453152     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602867     Document Type: Article

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