Benign breast disease among first-degree relatives of young breast cancer patients

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-267

  Bertelsen, Lisbeth ^a   Mellemkjær, Lene ^a   Balslev, Eva ^b   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast diseases; Breast neoplasms; Denmark; Family; Linkage (genetics); Registries; Women

Indexed keywords

CANCER; GENETICS; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST DISEASE; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BREAST DISEASES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PEDIGREE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 47649092622     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn133     Document Type: Article

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