Distribution of cancer patients according to time taken from starting day of symptoms to reporting at a regional cancer institute in eastern india

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 281-286

  Mandal, Syamsundar ^a   Sen, A N ^a   Kar, S ^b   Roy, K ^a   Hait, A K ^c  

^a CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Ashutosh College   (India)

^c MAULANA AZAD COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer awareness; Cancer statistics; Duration of symptoms

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542623416     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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