Overview of Breast Cancer in Malaysian Women: A Problem with Late Diagnosis

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-133

  Hisham, Abdullah N ^a,b   Yip, Cheng Har ^a  

^a PUTRAJAYA HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENIAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEAR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 2442568776     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60326-2     Document Type: Article

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