Heterogeneity of cancer risk due to stochastic effects

Risk Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1589-1594

  Heidenreich, Wolfgang F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Premalignant cells; Risk; Stochastic cancer model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; CLONING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISKS;

HETEROGENEITY; PREMALIGNANT CELLS; STOCHASTIC CANCER MODELS;

TUMORS;

CANCER; HEALTH RISK; HETEROGENEITY; STOCHASTICITY;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRECANCER; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 31944434300     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2005.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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