Features of breast cancer in developing countries, examples from North-Africa

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1808-1818

  Corbex, Marilys ^a   Bouzbid, Sabiha ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Developing countries; Epidemiology; Inflammatory breast cancer; Male breast cancer; North Africa; Triple negative breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGERIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EGYPT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MALE BREAST CANCER; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; TUNISIA;

BREAST CANCER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY BREAST CANCER; MALE BREAST CANCER; NORTH-AFRICA; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901778424     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.03.016     Document Type: Review

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