Breast cancer in young women from a low risk population in Nepal

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 5095-5099

  Thapa, Bibhusal ^a   Singh, Yogendra ^a   Sayami, Prakash ^a   Shrestha, Uttam Krishna ^a   Sapkota, Ranjan ^a   Sayami, Gita ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Advanced stage; Breast cancer; Tumor biology; Young women

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST NEOPLASMS; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AXILLA; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEPAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887570936     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.9.5095     Document Type: Article

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