Breast cancer in Tunisia: Clinical and pathological findings

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-172

  Missaoui, Nabiha ^a,b,c   Jaidene, Lilia ^b   Abdelkrim, Soumaya Ben ^c   Abdelkader, Atef Ben ^c   Beizig, Nadia ^c   Yaacoub, Lilia Ben ^c   Yaacoubi, Mohamed Tahar ^c   Hmissa, Sihem ^a,b,c  

^a Medicine Faculty   (Tunisia)

^b Cancer Registry of the Center of Tunisia   (Tunisia)

^c Farhet Hached University Hospital   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Clinicopathological findings; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958712607     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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