Locally Advanced Breast Cancer – Strategies for Developing Nations
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Locally Advanced Breast Cancer – Strategies for Developing Nations
Worldwide, cancer incidence and cancerrelated deaths are steadily rising. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, new cancer cases rose from 12.7 million in 2008 to 14.1 million in 2012 (1). Similarly, 7.6 million cancerrelated deaths occurred in 2008 compared to 8.2 million in 2012. A significant proportion of these cases are attributed to breast cancer, the predominant m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2234-943X
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00089