Family history of cancer and malignant germ cell tumors in children: A report from the Children's Oncology Group

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-189

  Poynter, Jenny N ^a   Radzom, Amy H ^a   Spector, Logan G ^a   Puumala, Susan ^a   Robison, Leslie L ^b   Chen, Zhi ^c   Ross, Julie A ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Family history; Germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; ONSET AGE; OVARY CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; TESTIS CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL;

EID: 77950692301     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9448-2     Document Type: Article

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