TNM classification and breast cancer in an African population: A descriptive study

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 357-359

  Amir, H ^a,b   Azizi, M R ^a   Makwaya, C K ^a   Jessani, S ^a  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b NONE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TANZANIA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TANZANIA;

EID: 0031317766     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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