Familial risks in cancer of unknown primary: Tracking the primary sites

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-440

  Hemminki, Kari ^a   Ji, Jianguang ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a   Shu, Xiaochen ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STOMACH CANCER;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 79952093910     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2010.31.5614     Document Type: Article

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