Hand pattern indicates prostate cancer risk

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 175-177

  Rahman, A A ^a   Lophatananon, A ^b   Stewart Brown, S ^b   Harriss, D ^c   Anderson, J ^d   Parker, T ^a   Easton, D ^e   Kote Jarai, Z ^f   Pocock, R ^g   Dearnaley, D ^f   Guy, M ^f   O'Brien, L ^f   Wilkinson, R A ^f   Hall, A L ^h   Sawyer, E ^f   Page, E ^f   Liu, J F ^a   Eeles, R A ^f,h   Muir, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case control study; hand pattern; prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PALMAR DERMATOGLYPHICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 78650884302     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605986     Document Type: Article

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