Risk of breast cancer in families of multiple affected women and men

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 723-728

  Bevier, Melanie ^a   Sundquist, Kristina ^b   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Family history

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE BREAST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; FATHERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PEDIGREE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84859105556     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1915-2     Document Type: Article

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