Breast fine-needle aspiration in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: First-year experience in the Ho Chi Minh City Cancer Center

Breast Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 299-303

  Raab, Stephen S ^a,c   Xuan, Le Van ^a   Trung, Nguyen Sao ^a   Thai, Nguyen Van ^a   Suba, Eric J ^a,b   Cohen, Michael B ^c   Thomas, Patricia A ^d   Hung, Nguyen Chan ^a  

^a Biotechnology Centre of Ho Chi Minh City   (Viet Nam)

^b KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cost; Cytology; Fine needle aspiration; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844498810     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.1996.tb00114.x     Document Type: Article

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