Familial risk for soft tissue tumors: A nation-wide epidemiological study from Sweden

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 617-624

  Ji, Jianguang ^a   Eng, Charis ^b   Hemminki, Kari ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Familial risk; Fibrosarcoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Soft tissue tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MYXOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 41049084812     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-007-0327-5     Document Type: Article

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