Validation of family cancer history data in high-risk families: The influence of cancer site, ethnicity, kinship degree, and multiple family reporters

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 204-212

  Tehranifar, Parisa ^a,b   Wu, Hui Chen ^a   Shriver, Tom ^a   Cloud, Ann J ^a   Terry, Mary Beth ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Data collection; Epidemiologic methods; Family medical history; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

CANCER; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH RISK; KINSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONSANGUINITY; ETHNICITY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; GOLD STANDARD; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; OVARY CANCER; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84922387434     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu258     Document Type: Article

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