Mammographic breast density - Evidence for genetic correlations with established breast cancer risk factors

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3509-3516

  Douglas, Julie A ^a,c   Roy Gagnon, Marie Hélène ^a   Zhou, Chuan ^a   Mitchell, Braxton D ^b   Shuldiner, Alan R ^b   Chan, Heang Ping ^a   Helvie, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Buhl Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 57449100064     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0480     Document Type: Article

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