Rising incidence of breast cancer in Papua New Guinea

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 590-593

  Halder, Anirudh ^a   Morewya, Jacob ^a   Watters, David A K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA   (Papua New Guinea)

^b GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Papua New Guinea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEWBORN; NIPPLE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0034799585     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2001.02205.x     Document Type: Article

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