Breast cancer burden in central Sudan

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-82

  Elgaili, Elgaili M ^a   Abuidris, Dafalla O ^a   Rahman, Munazzah ^b   Michalek, Arthur M ^c   Mohammed, Sulma I ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Estrogen receptor; Female breast cancer; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUDAN;

EID: 77953384330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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