Breast Cancer in Women of African Descent

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Williams, Christopher Kwesi O. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Falkson, Carla I. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Oncology.; Life sciences.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Biomedicine general.; Life Sciences, general.

Although there are numerous technical-scientific books on breast cancer in the global bibliography, such books deal exclusively with the nature of the disease in majority populations of the Western societies, with little or no reference to the nature of the disease in the minority populations in suc...

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• Burden of Breast Cancer in Developing and Developed Countries
• Genetics of Breast Cancer in Women of African Descent: An Overview
• Biology of Breast Cancer
• Screening and Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Women in Africa and the Middle East
• Breast Cancer at Diagnosis in Women of Africa and the Middle East
• Breast Cancer Aggressiveness in Women of African Descent
• Radiotherapy of Breast Cancer
• Adjuvant Therapy of Breast Cancer
• Endocrine Therapy of Breast Cancer
• Palliative Care for Breast Cancer in the African-American Population
• Outcome of African American Women with Breast Cancer in Cooperative Group Clinical Trials
• Traditional Medicine in Breast Cancer Management with a Focus on the Chinese Integrative Approach
• Impact of Culture, Education and Socio-Economic Status
• Barriers to Successful Management of Breast Cancer.