Breast cancer: Introduction

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 738-745

  Hindle, William H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCETAXEL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PACLITAXEL; RALOXIFENE; TAMOXIFEN;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALPRACTICE; MAMMOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036405456     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-200209000-00018     Document Type: Editorial

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