Breast cancer risk in symptomatic women spontaneously undergoing clinical breast examination

Anticancer Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 3565-3568

  Lumachi, Franco ^a,c   Ermani, Mario ^a   Basso, Stefano M M ^a   Lonardi, Sara ^b   Tosoni, Alicia ^b   Brandes, Alba A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Fibrocystic breast disease; Prevention and controls

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST DISCHARGE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0041527156     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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