Problems (and solutions) in the study of male breast cancer

Rare Tumors

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 78-

  Speirs, Valerie ^a   Pollock, Steven ^a   Shaaban, Abeer M ^a   Hanby, Andrew M ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Male breast cancer

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MALE BREAST; MEDICAL RECORD; TISSUE MICROARRAY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 77953413962     PISSN: 20363605     EISSN: 20363613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/rt.2010.e28     Document Type: Article

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