Do Asian breast cancer patients have poorer survival than their western counterparts? A comparison between Singapore and Stockholm

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Tan, Benita K T ^a   Lim, Gek H ^b   Czene, Kamila ^c   Hall, Per ^c   Chia, Kee S ^b,c  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67549115429     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr2219     Document Type: Article

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