Younger women are affected by breast cancer in South India-A hospital-based descriptive study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 709-711

  Chauhan, Aman ^a   Subba, S H ^b   Menezes, Ritesh G ^b   Shetty, B Suresh Kumar ^b   Thakur, Vikrant ^c   Chabra, Sarabjeet ^a   Warrier, Raj ^d  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c INDIRA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Breast cancer; South India

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958799787     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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