Pregnancy after breast cancer: Myths and facts

Breast Care

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 210-214

  Pagani, Olivia ^a   Azim, Hatem ^b  

^a OSPEDALE SAN GIOVANNI   (Switzerland)

^b JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breastfeeding; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER SURVIVOR; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FERTILITY; GENE MUTATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 84863977895     PISSN: 16613791     EISSN: 16613805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339885     Document Type: Review

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