Cancer in first-degree relatives and risk of testicular cancer in Denmark

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2485-2491

  Nordsborg, Rikke Baastrup ^a,b   Meliker, Jaymie R ^c   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^d   Melbye, Mads ^d   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; familial aggregation; first degree relatives; testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY STUDY; FATHER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIBLING; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DENMARK; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80052970814     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25897     Document Type: Article

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