Breast cancer in young women

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 851-855

  Brennan, Meagan ^a   French, James ^a   Houssami, Nehmat ^a,b   Kirk, Judy ^a,c   Boyages, John ^a,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARLY MENOPAUSE; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY IMAGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, MAMMARY;

EID: 33644834779     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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