The effect of seasonal differences on prognostic factors in Turkish patients with breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 475-477

  Mutlu, Hasan ^a   Çolak, Taner ^a   Özdoǧan, Mustafa ^b   Altuner Torun, Yasemin ^c   Akça, Zeki ^d  

^a State of Educational and Research Hospital of the Govenment   (Turkey)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c State of Educational and Research Hospital of the Government   (Turkey)

^d Mersin Government Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

breast cancer; prognostic factors; seasonal differences; Turkish patient

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUNLIGHT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; TURKEY; VITAMIN D;

EID: 80053640869     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283476175     Document Type: Article

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