Creating awareness about the painless nature of early breast cancer lump is important in low-income countries

Breast Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-102

  Garg, Pankaj ^a   Bansal, Manishi ^a   Garg, Mahak ^b   Arora, Brijesh ^c  

^a Fortis Super Speciality Hospital   (India)

^b A 1 health clinic ^*  (India)

^c TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EARLY CANCER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAMMOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AWARENESS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77249121667     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00847.x     Document Type: Letter

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