Reasons of diagnosis delay of breast cancer in Tunisian women (160 patients in central region of Tunisia);Causes du retard diagnostic du cancer du sein chez la femme Tunisienne: Série de 160 patientes au centre Tunisien

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 894-897

  Landolsi, Amel ^a   Gahbiche, Selma ^a   Chaafii, Rym ^a   Chabchoub, Imen ^a   Fatma, Leila Ben ^a   Hochlef, Mafram ^a   Gharbi, Olfa ^a   Ahmed, Slim Ben ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Causes; Delay; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONSULTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF EXAMINATION; TUNISIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNISIA;

EID: 78650868482     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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