The prevalence of tumors of the breast and female genital tract in Italy

Tumori

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 382-386

  Sant, Milena ^a   Barchielli, Alessandro ^b   Francisci, Silvia ^a   Canario, Francesca ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ASL 10   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; PREVALENCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 0032714362     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169908500504     Document Type: Article

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