Natural history of fibroadenomas based on the correlation between size and patient age

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 8-10

  Takei, Hiroyuki ^a   Iino, Yuichi ^a   Horiguchi, Jun ^a   Maemura, Michio ^a   Yokoe, Takao ^a   Koibuchi, Yukio ^a   Oyama, Tetsunari ^a   Ohwada, Susumu ^a   Morishita, Yasuo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Fibroadenoma; Natural history; Size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBROADENOMA; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032603198     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/29.1.8     Document Type: Article

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