Do discordant cancers share familial susceptibility?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1200-1207

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Sundquist, Jan ^b,c   Brandt, Andreas ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer susceptibility; Discordant associations; Familial risk; Population database

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING;

FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84860497802     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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