Breast cancer in the young patient

American Surgeon

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1397-1400

  Sariego, Jack ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; DATA BASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78651372516     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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