Familial risks of breast and prostate cancers: Does the definition of the at risk period matter?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 752-757

  Brandt, Andreas ^a   Bermejo, Justo Lorenzo ^a,b   Sundquist, Jan ^c,d   Hemminki, Kari ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Clinical counselling; Familial risk; Familial risk period; Prostate neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSTATE CANCER; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76049103104     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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