Breast-conserving therapy in low-literacy patients in a developing country

Breast Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 71-73

  Nour, Ashraf ^a,b  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Department of General Surgery ^*  (Egypt)

Author keywords

Breast conservation; Developing countries; Egypt; Low literacy skills

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVING THERAPY; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; READING; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0037491043     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4741.2003.09202.x     Document Type: Review

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