Survival of male breast cancer patients: A population-based study in Osaka, Japan

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 699-703

  Ioka, Akiko ^a   Tsukuma, Hideaki ^a   Ajiki, Wakiko ^a,b   Oshima, Akira ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Cancer stage; Male; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 39049185534     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyl095     Document Type: Article

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