Decreasing trend of tumor size and downstaging in breast cancer in Iran: Results of a 15-year study

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 126-130

  Harirchi, Iraj ^a   Karbakhsh, Mojgan ^b   Montazeri, Ali ^c   Ebrahimi, Mandana ^d   Jarvandi, Soghra ^d   Zamani, Neda ^d   Momtahen, Amir Javad ^a   Kashefi, Amir ^a   Zafarghandi, Mohammad Reza ^e  

^a Cancer Research Center   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Iranian Institute for Health Sciences Research   (Iran)

^d Iranian Centre for Breast Cancer (ICBC)   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Iran; Stage; Trend; Tumor size

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SELF EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, DUCTAL, LOBULAR, AND MEDULLARY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76449084943     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e328333d0b3     Document Type: Article

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