Survival of women with breast cancer in Kaunas region, Lithuania

Medicina (Lithuania)

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 272-276

  Ivanauskiene, Rugile ^a   Gedminaite, Jurgita ^a   Juozaityte, Elona ^a   Vanagas, Giedrius ^a   Šimoliuniene, Renata ^a   Padaiga, Žilvinas ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Observed survival rate; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866622343     PISSN: 1010660X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/medicina48050039     Document Type: Article

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