Delays in time to primary treatment after a diagnosis of breast cancer: Does it impact survival?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 222-224

  Mujar, Mastura ^a,b   Dahlui, Maznah ^a   Yip, Cheng Har ^a   Taib, Nur Aishah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b ADVANCED MEDICAL AND DENTAL INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Primary treatment; Survival; Treatment delay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY DELAY; TIME TO TREATMENT;

CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED;

EID: 84874330594     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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