Breast cancer in Latin America: Results of the Latin American and Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology/Breast Cancer Research Foundation expert survey

Cancer

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2359-2365

  Cazap, Eduardo ^a,h   Buzaid, Antonio Carlos ^b   Garbino, Carlos ^c   De La Garza, Jaime ^d   Orlandi, Francisco Javier ^e   Schwartsmann, Gilberto ^f   Vallejos, Carlos ^g   Guercovich, Andres ^a  

^a Latin American and Caribbean Society of Medical Oncology   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL SÍRIO LIBANÊS   (Brazil)

^c Oncology Group of Uruguay   (Uruguay)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e Clinic Santa Maria   (Chile)

^f HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^g INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLÁSICAS   (Peru)

^h Sociedad Latino Americana Y del Caribe de Oncologia Medica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Caribbean; Expert survey; Latin America

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HORMONE RECEPTOR; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; TAMOXIFEN; TUMOR MARKER;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 56449108293     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23834     Document Type: Conference Paper

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