We use the population-based Family-Cancer Database from Sweden to study familial breast cancer. The size of the population and the nation-wide registration of cancer offer unique possibilities for epidemiological studies of familial cancer, including complete and unbiased identification of cases in
Familial Cancer Database Online
β Scribed by Irene Rainville; Judy E Garber
- Book ID
- 117784829
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 169 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1470-2045
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