Breast-cancer screening with trained volunteers in a rural area of Sudan: A pilot study

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 363-370

  Abuidris, Dafalla Omer ^a   Elsheikh, Ahmed ^a   Ali, Majdeldien ^a   Musa, Hassan ^a   Elgaili, Elgaili ^a   Ahmed, Anas O ^a   Sulieman, Imadeldien ^a   Mohammed, Sulma Ibrahim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EXAMINATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SUDAN; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; SUDAN; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 84875807475     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70583-1     Document Type: Article

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