The heritability of G2 chromosomal radiosensitivity and its association with cancer in Danish cancer survivors and their offspring

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 986-995

  Curwen, Gillian B ^a   Cadwell, Kevin K ^a   Winther, Jeanette F ^b   Janet Tawn, E ^c   Rees, Gwen S ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^b,d   Rechnitzer, Catherine ^e   Schroeder, Henrik ^f   Guldberg, Per ^g   Cordell, Heather J ^h   Boice Jr , John D ^d,i  

^a WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^h NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; chromosomal radiosensitivity; heritability

Indexed keywords

DEMECOLCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOMAL RADIOSENSITIVITY; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RADIATION DOSE; SEMINOMA; TERATOCARCINOMA; TERATOMA; X RAY; ADULT CHILD; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; DENMARK; GENETICS; HUMAN CHROMOSOME; INHERITANCE; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVOR; TIME;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DENMARK; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; G2 PHASE; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; X-RAY THERAPY;

EID: 78049517448     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2010.496027     Document Type: Article

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