Breast Cancer in Malaysia: Are Our Women Getting The Right Message? 10 Year-Experience in A Single Institution In Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-145

  Taib, Nur Aishah ^a   Yip, Cheng Har ^a   Ibrahim, Mohamed ^b   Ng, C J ^a   Farizah, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer survival; Early detection; Health messages; Late presentation

Indexed keywords

BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547743183     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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