Clinical profile of Ethiopian patients with breast cancer

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 640-643

  Gebremedhin, A ^a   Shamebo, M ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032195591     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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