Differences in breast cancer biological characteristics between ethnic groups in New Zealand

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-558

  Weston, M K ^a   Moss, D P ^a   Stewart, J ^a   Hill, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Ethnicity; Hormone receptors; Maori

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 51649106789     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-007-9813-3     Document Type: Article

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