Effect of different modalities of treatment on the quality of life of breast cancer patients in Egypt

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 68-81

  El Sharkawi, Fatma M ^a   Sakr, Mahmoud F ^b   Atta, Hoda Y ^b   Ghanem, Hafez M ^b  

^a Alexandria University   (Egypt)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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