Breast cancer in Japanese men: Does sex affect prognosis?

Breast Cancer

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 180-186

  Anan, Keisei ^a   Mitsuyama, Shoshu ^a   Nishihara, Kazuyoshi ^a   Abe, Yuji ^a   Iwashita, Toshimitsu ^a   Ihara, Takaaki ^a   Tamae, Keiyoshi ^a   Ono, Minoru ^a   Toyoshima, Satoshi ^a  

^a Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Cente ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian; BRCA2; Ethnicity; Male

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 16544385297     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02968299     Document Type: Review

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