Significant evidence for a heritable contribution to cancer predisposition: A review of cancer familiality by site

BMC Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Albright, Frederick ^a   Teerlink, Craig ^b   Werner, Theresa L ^b   Cannon Albright, Lisa A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANUS CANCER; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COLON CANCER; DATA BASE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GENEALOGICAL INDEX OF FAMILIALITY METHOD; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HERITABILITY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SAMPLE SIZE; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASM; PEDIGREE; REVIEW;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PEDIGREE; UTAH;

EID: 84859165567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-138     Document Type: Article

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