Surgical management of breast cancer in Saudi Arabia: A call for improvement

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 531-533

  Al Jiffry, Bilal ^a   Ezzat, Adnan ^a   Hildell, Jan ^a   Kfoury, H ^a   Rostom, Assem ^a   Sjoklint, Olle ^a   Al Sobhi, Saif S ^a   Sorbris, Ralph ^a   Stuart, Robert ^a   Ingemansson, Stig ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032464260     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1998.531     Document Type: Article

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