Breast cancer burden in Maiduguri, North Eastern Nigeria

Breast Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 284-286

  Nggada, Haruna Asura ^a,b   Yawe, King David Terna ^a   Abdulazeez, James ^a   Khalil, Moustafa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b NONE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Breast; Burden; Cancer; Maiduguri; Nigeria; Registry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; COLLOID CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; NIGERIA; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43549100447     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2008.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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