Delay in breast cancer: Implications for stage at diagnosis and survival

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 2, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Caplan, Lee ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Delayed diagnosis; Patient delay; Survival rate; System delay

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996450350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00087     Document Type: Review

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