Breast cancer in Sabah, Malaysia: A two year prospective study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 525-529

  Leong, Benjamin Dak Keung ^a   Chuah, Jitt Aun ^b   Kumar, Vinod Mutyala ^b   Yip, Cheng Har ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Advanced stage; Breast cancer; Ethnic groups; Late presentation; Poor, Rural

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALAYSIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249090138     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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