Does consanguinity lead to decreased incidence of breast cancer?

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-418

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   Ayoubi, Hanadi Rafii El ^c,d   Ali, Awab Ibrahim ^c   Al Kubaisi, Aisha ^c   Al Sulaiti, Haya ^c  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case control study; Consanguinity; Inbreeding; Lifestyle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARAB; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QATAR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955091102     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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