Epidemiology of breast cancer in women in jordan: Patient characteristics and survival analysis;Épidémiologie du cancer du sein chez les femmes: Caractéristiques des patients et analyse du taux de survie en jordanie

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1032-1038

  Arkoob, K ^a   Al Nsour, M ^b   Al Nemry, O ^c   Al Hajawi, B ^b  

^a Al Basheer Hospital   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

^c Jordan Cancer Registry   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 78049350212     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.10.1032     Document Type: Article

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