Socio-economic factors influencing tumor presentation and treatment options in Chinese breast cancer patients

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 267-274

  Wang, Ke ^a   Li, Xiao ^a   Zhou, Can ^a   Ren, Yu ^a   Wang, Xian Bing ^a   He, Jian Jun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; CBE; Clinicopathologic characteristics; Education; Occupation; Treatment patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877150147     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.1.267     Document Type: Article

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