Population based survival of female breast cancer cases in Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-76

  Ravichandran, K ^a   Al Hamdan, Nasser ^a   Al Dyab, Abdul Rahman ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Extent of disease; Population based survival; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 18444394935     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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