Terminal events in women dying of advanced breast cancer: Improving the care for terminal breast cancer patients in Africa

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-119

  Gukas, I D ^a   Mbah, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Advanced stage; Breast cancer; Care; Death; Terminal events

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BREAST CANCER; CACHEXIA; CANCER MORTALITY; DYING; FEMALE; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PATIENT CARE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERMINAL DISEASE;

EID: 24944514576     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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