Breast cancer early detection and resources: Where in the world do we start?

Breast

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-425

  El Saghir, Nagi S ^a   Anderson, Benjamin O ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; MAMMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SCREENING TEST; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863865968     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2012.06.007     Document Type: Editorial

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