Estimating disease risks for individuals with a given family history in different populations with an application to breast cancer.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2272(1996)13:3<229::AID-GEPI1>3.0.CO;2-1

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Estimating disease risks for individuals with a given family history in different populations with an application to breast cancer.

Genetic epidemiology - 1 Jan 1996

Becher H, Chang-Claude J

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For many chronic diseases, including most of the common cancers, a family history is known to be a strong independent risk factor. For breast cancer, estimation of risk as a function of family history is considered to provide useful risk assessment for women with a family history of breast cancer...

Topics

Adult
Age of Onset
Aged
Breast Neoplasms
Family Health
Female
Genes, BRCA1
Genetic Linkage
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Humans
Medical History Taking
Middle Aged
Probability
Risk Assessment

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