Breast cancer care in India: The current scenario and the challenges for the future

Breast Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Agarwal, Gaurav ^a   Ramakant, Pooja ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer: early detection, epidemiology, guidelines, incidence; Locally advanced disease; Mastectomy; Metastatic disease; Multimodal treatment

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW;

EID: 40549113972     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000115288     Document Type: Review

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