Benign and malignant breast disease at Rwanda’s first public cancer referral center

Oncologist

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 571-575

  Pace, Lydia E ^a,b   Dusengimana, Jean Marie V ^c   Hategekimana, Vedaste ^d   Habineza, Hamissy ^c   Bigirimana, Jean Bosco ^c   Tapela, Neo ^a,b,c   Mutumbira, Cadet ^d   Mpanumusingo, Egide ^d   Brock, Jane E ^a,b   Meserve, Emily ^a,b   Uwumugambi, Alain ^d   Dillon, Deborah ^a,b   Keating, Nancy L ^a,b   Shulman, Lawrence N ^b,c,e   Mpunga, Tharcisse ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (Rwanda)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Benign breast disease; Breast cancer; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CENTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA; VERY ELDERLY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RWANDA;

EID: 84966349976     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: 1549490X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.2015-0388     Document Type: Article

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