Season of breast cancer diagnosis and probability of death from breast cancer in the United States

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3010-3013

  Stajner, Ivanka ^a  

^a NOBLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SURVIVAL RATE;

VITAMIN D;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN D;

EID: 77951910107     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24848     Document Type: Letter

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