Article
Autosomal dominant inheritance of early-onset breast cancer. Implications for risk prediction.
Cancer - 1 Feb 1994
Claus E B, Risch N, Thompson W D
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Improvements in screening techniques have made significant contributions to the early detection of breast cancer. Physicians thus face the task of providing appropriate screening schedules for their patients. One group for whom this is particularly important are those women with a fam...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Breast Neoplasms
- Case-Control Studies
- Female
- Genes, Dominant
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Models, Genetic
- Risk
