Management of breast cancer in Nepal

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 175, 2009, Pages 252-257

  Singh, Yogendra P ^a   Sayami, P ^a  

^a Patan Academy of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer education; Chemotherapy; Imaging; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TAMOXIFEN; TRASTUZUMAB;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BONE METASTASIS; BONE PAIN; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST EXAMINATION; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEPAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; SOCIAL STATUS; BREAST TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; PATIENT EDUCATION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEPAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC;

EID: 77957273070     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.197     Document Type: Review

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