Clinicopathological correlates in a cohort of Hong Kong breast cancer patients presenting with screen-detected or symptomatic disease

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 194-198

  Leung, Amy W ^a   Mak, Joyce ^b   Cheung, Polly S Y ^b   Epstein, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Breast self examination; Mammography; Mass screening; Mastectomy, segmental

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34250365713     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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