An observational study of cancers among female partners of UK-resident prostate cancer patients

Cancer Letters

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 88-94

  Ragavan, Narasimhan ^a,b   Grover, Philip L ^c   Balasubramanian, Sabapathy P ^d   Hindley, Andrew C ^b   Matanhelia, Shyam S ^b   Martin, Francis L ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cumulative expected probability; NorthWest England; Observed rates; Prostate cancer; Shared environmental exposures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING;

EID: 33749238851     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.10.038     Document Type: Article

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