Breast cancer scenario in a regional cancer centre in eastern India over eight years - Still a major public health problem

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 809-813

  Datta, Karabi ^a   Choudhuri, Maitrayee ^a   Guha, Subhas ^a   Biswas, Jaydip ^a  

^a CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Histopathological type; India; Kolkata; Treatment modality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871698236     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.3.809     Document Type: Article

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