Prognostic factors for elderly breast cancer patients in university malaya medical centre, Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1205-1211

  Phua, C E ^a   Bustam, A Z ^b   Yip, Cheng Har ^c   Taib, Nor Aishah ^c  

^a HOSPITAL PULAU PINANG   (Malaysia)

^b Faculty of Science   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly patients; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955975182     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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