Trends of breast cancer treatment in Sabah, Malaysia: A problem with lack of awareness

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 772-776

  Leong, Benjamin Dak Keung ^a   Chuah, J A ^a   Kumar, V M ^a   Rohamini, S ^a   Siti, Z S ^a   Yip, C H ^b  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Breast cancer; Cancer awareness; Cancer treatment

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; CAPECITABINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; LETROZOLE; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FUNDING; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEALTH SERVICE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MASTECTOMY; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE INJURY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SEROMA; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349272979     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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