Reducing by half the percentage of late-stage presentation for breast and cervix cancer over 4 years: A pilot study of clinical downstaging in Sarawak, Malaysia

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1172-1176

  Devi, Beena C R ^a   Tang, T S ^a   Corbex, M ^b  

^a SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cervix cancer; Clinical downstaging; NPC

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VAGINAL SMEARS;

EID: 34547830899     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm105     Document Type: Article

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