Male breast cancer in Iceland

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 446-449

  Jonasson, Jon G ^a,d   Agnarsson, Bjarni A ^a   Thorlacius, Steinunn ^b   Eyfjord, Jorunn E ^b   Tulinius, Hrafn ^c  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b ICELANDIC CANCER SOCIETY   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; S PHASE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029967090     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960208)65:4<446::AID-IJC9>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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