Breast lesions in adolescents and young women in pakistan - a 5 year study of significance of early recognition

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3465-3467

  Khurshid, Amna ^a   Faridi, Naveen ^a   Arif, Afreen M ^a   Naqvi, Hanna ^a   Tahir, Muhammad ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Karachi; Malignant lesions; Pakistan; Young females 25

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882644545     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.6.3465     Document Type: Article

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