Epidemiology of Prostate Cancer in United Arab Emirates

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 712-716

  Ghafoor, M ^a   Schuyten, R ^b   Bener, Abdulbari ^b  

^a TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Prostate cancer; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; EGYPT; HUMAN; JORDAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OMAN; PLEURA BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; YEMEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 1842734335     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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