Hodgkin's lymphoma in Pakistan: A clinico-epidemiological study of 658 cases at a cancer center in Lahore

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 651-655

  Siddiqui, Neelam ^a   Ayub, Bilal ^a   Badar, Farhana ^a   Zaidi, Alia ^a  

^a SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Hodgkin's lymphoma; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAKISTAN; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33947515386     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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