Difficulty of obtaining wide tumour to deep fascial margins in Asian women with breast cancers: Implications on treatment and prognosis

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 241-244

  Ng, E H ^a,b   Chiang, G ^b   Sng, I ^b   Nambiar, R ^a   Soo, K C ^a  

^a Department of Surgery ^*

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Breast volume; Mastectomy; Tumour width

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FASCIA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030094770     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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