Breast cancer among Yemeni women using the National Oncology Centre Registry 2004-2010

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 249-253

  El Zaemey, S ^a   Nagi, N ^b   Fritschi, L ^c   Heyworth, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b National Oncology Centre   (Yemen)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Descriptive study; Epidemiology; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860688101     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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