Pathological features of Breast Cancer seen in Northwestern Tanzania: A nine years retrospective study

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Rambau, Peter ^a   Chalya, Philipo ^a   Manyama, Mange ^a   Jackson, Kahima ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Bugando Medical Center   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; North Western Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959370701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-214     Document Type: Article

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