2011
Family and personal medical history and risk of meningioma.
Claus EB, Calvocoressi L, Bondy ML, Schildkraut JM, Wiemels JL, Wrensch M. Family and personal medical history and risk of meningioma. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2011, 115: 1072-7. PMID: 21780859, PMCID: PMC3241000, DOI: 10.3171/2011.6.jns11129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-degree family historyPersonal medical historyMedical historyFamily historyMeningioma riskEpidemiology of meningiomaPrimary brain tumorsCase-control studyRisk of meningiomaUterine fibroid tumorsImmune conditionsThyroid cancerYoungest caseBreast cancerRole of hormonesBrain tumorsFibroid tumorsImmune systemControl individualsPatientsMeningiomasInfluence of geneticsStrong associationFurther studiesTumors
2005
Prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in Women Diagnosed With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
Claus EB, Petruzella S, Matloff E, Carter D. Prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in Women Diagnosed With Ductal Carcinoma In Situ. JAMA 2005, 293: 964-969. PMID: 15728167, DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.8.964.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInvasive breast cancerBreast cancerDuctal carcinomaFamily historyDCIS casesOvarian cancerBRCA2 mutationsBreast carcinomaLarge population-based case-control studyPopulation-based case-control studyFirst-degree family historyBreast/ovarian cancer syndromeBRCA2 mutation prevalenceHigh-risk protocolRisk factor informationNoninvasive breast carcinomaPrevalence of BRCA1Case-control studyOvarian cancer syndromeFirst-degree relativesBRCA2 mutation testingDisease-associated mutationsDistribution of BRCA1Mutation prevalenceCancer syndromes