Is season a prognostic factor in breast cancer?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 743-746

  Mutlu, Hasan ^a   Akca, Zeki ^a   Cihan, Yasemin Benderli ^a   Kurnaz, Fatih ^a   Aslan, Tuncay ^a   Erden, Abdülsamet ^a   Ugur, Hediye ^a   Akşahin, Arzu ^a   Büyükçelik, Abdullah ^b  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ACIBADEM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Prognostic factors; Season; Survival

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEASON; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; SURVIVAL; TURKEY;

EID: 84877668089     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.2.743     Document Type: Article

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