The risk of cancer in twins: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 476-481

  Kadan Lottick, Nina S ^a,g   Kawashima, Toana ^b   Tomlinson, Gail ^c   Friedman, Debra L ^b,d   Yasui, Yutaka ^b   Mertens, Ann C ^e   Robison, Leslie L ^e   Strong, Louise C ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood cancer; Concordance; Incidence rates; Survivors; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TWIN CONCORDANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644695140     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20465     Document Type: Article

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