Management of breast lesions by breast physicians in a heavily populated South Asian developing country

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 827-832

  Badar, F ^a   Faruqui, Z S ^a   Uddin, N ^a   Trevan, E A ^b  

^a SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b Breast Screen   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast physicians; Mammograhic screening; Symptomatic women

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958836473     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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