The genetic epidemiology of breast cancer genes

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-236

  Thompson, Deborah ^a   Easton, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATM; BRCA1; BRCA2; Breast cancer; CHEK2; PTEN; TP53

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; ATM PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P53; TAMOXIFEN;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PENETRANCE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RISK FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 9144251028     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOMG.0000048770.90334.3b     Document Type: Review

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