The population impact of familial cancer, a major cause of cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1899-1906

  Frank, Christoph ^a   Fallah, Mahdi ^a   Ji, Jianguang ^b   Sundquist, Jan ^b,c   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

familial risk; population attributable fraction; spouse risk; standardized incidence ratio; Sweden

Indexed keywords

FAMILIAL RISK; POPULATION ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; SPOUSE RISK; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SWEDEN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84893763066     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28510     Document Type: Article

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