Do BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers have earlier natural menopause than their noncarrier relatives? Results from the Kathleen Cuningham foundation consortium for research into familial breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 3920-3925

  Collins, Ian M ^a,b   Milne, Roger L ^b   McLachlan, Sue Anne ^a,b,c   Friedlander, Michael ^e   Hickey, Martha ^b,d   Weideman, Prue C ^a   Birch, Kate E ^a   Hopper, John L ^b,f   Phillips, Kelly Anne ^a,b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER FAMILY; CANCER RISK; CONSANGUINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HAZARD RATIO; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MUTATION; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOUNDATIONS; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84891606793     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.49.3007     Document Type: Article

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