F. Breast cancer in Lebanon. Increased age-adjusted incidence rates in younger-aged groups at presentation: Implications for screening and for Arab-American ethnic groups

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  El Saghir, N S ^a   Shamseddine, A ^a   Geara, F ^a   Bikhaz, K ^a   Rahal, B ^a   Salem, Z ^a   Taher, A ^a   Tawil, A ^a   Khatib, Z ^a   Abbas, J ^a   Hourani, M ^a   Khalil, A ^a   Seoud, M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALGERIA; ARAB; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER STATISTICS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CAUCASIAN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; GENDER; HUMAN; JORDAN; KUWAIT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METASTASIS; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; NOTE; ONSET AGE; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20644469436     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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