Familial risk for colorectal cancers are mainly due to heritable causes

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1253-1256

  Hemminki, Kari ^a   Chen, Bowang ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 3142733741     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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