Validity of self-reported family history of cancer: A systematic literature review on selected cancers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1449-1460

  Fiederling, Jonas ^a   Shams, Ahmad Zia ^a   Haug, Ulrike ^b,c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

accuracy; cancer; family history; self report; validity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; STOMACH CANCER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 84978204120     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30203     Document Type: Review

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