Effects of obesity on presentation of breast cancer, lymph node metastasis and patient survival: A retrospective review

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2225-2229

  Kaviani, Ahmad ^a,b   Neishaboury, MohamadReza ^a   Mohammadzadeh, Narjes ^a   Ansari Damavandi, Maryam ^b   Jamei, Khatereh ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Research Department   (Iran)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast cancer; Iran; Lymph node ratio; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880287511     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.4.2225     Document Type: Article

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