Clinical observations from a breast cancer registry in Asian women

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1387-1392

  Lim, Siew Eng ^a   Back, Michael ^a   Quek, Esther ^a   Iau, Philip ^a   Putti, Thomas ^a   Wong, John E L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250630089     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-007-9086-3     Document Type: Article

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