Timing of familial breast cancer in sisters

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 721-727

  Rebora, Paola ^a   Czene, Kamila ^a   Reilly, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; AGE; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTER; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 44449154824     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djn146     Document Type: Article

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