Published 2011 | Version v1
Journal article

Experience with women diagnosed breast cancer during a three year period

  • 1. Hospital Ginecobstetrico 'Ramon Gonzalez Coro', La Habana (Cuba)
  • 2. Instituto Nacional de Oncologia y Radiobilogia (INOR), La Habana (Cuba)

Description

Breast cancer is the more frequent neoplasm in women at world scale. In Cuba, breast cancer incidence was the first and the second cause of death in 2008. In our country there is a program for breast cancer control whose general objective is to reduce the mortality from this pathology, increasing survival and preserving the quality of life of these patients

Availability note (English)

Also available on line at the web site http://scielo.sld.cu/pdf/gin/v37n3/gin07311.pdf

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (Spanish)
Experiencia en mujeres con cancer de mama durante un trienio

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Revista Cubana de Obstetricia y Ginecologia
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 349-358
ISSN
0138-600X

INIS

Country of Publication
Cuba
Country of Input or Organization
Cuba
INIS RN
43024350
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Descriptors DEI
CUBA; MAMMARY GLANDS; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; PATIENTS; STANDARD OF LIVING; WOMEN
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; BODY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FEMALES; GLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; ISLANDS; LATIN AMERICA; MAMMALS; MAN; ORGANS; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATES; WEST INDIES