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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer study findings recently were reported by A. Hussain and co-researchers
October 9th, 2008
"In Pakistan, malignant diseases are increasing day by day, but no epidemiological cancer study on large scale has been designed. The main objective of this study was to provide a baseline data on frequency, morphological types, gender and age distribution etc., of breast cancer in North-West Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, and to compare it with the published data," investigators in Calgary, Canada report. "In this context, 2134 breast cancer patients (2059 female and 75 male) registered at Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Peshawar from 1995 to 2001, were studied. Crude incidence, standardized incidence ratios (SIR,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-10-09)
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