Clinico-pathological features of breast carcinoma in elderly Egyptian patients: A comparison with the non-elderly using population-based data

Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-11

  Zeeneldin, Ahmed Abdelmabood ^a   Ramadan, Mohamed ^b   Gaber, Ayman Abdelsamee ^a   Taha, Fatma Mohamed ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Egypt)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Elderly breast cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84875112381     PISSN: 11100362     EISSN: 16879996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnci.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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