New cancer susceptibility loci: Population and familial risks

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1726-1729

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Försti, Asta ^a,b   Bermejo, Justo Lorenzo ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer genetics; Familial risk; Genotype relative risk; Population attributable fraction

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME 8Q; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; NEOPLASM; POPULATION GENETICS; RISK FACTOR;

ALLELES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 50549091482     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23702     Document Type: Article

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