European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 149-153 , February 2008

A comparative study of risk factors and prognostic features between symptomatic and screen detected breast cancer

  • J.P. Burke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
    • ,
  • C. Power

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
    • ,
  • T.F. Gorey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
    • Eccles Breast Screening Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
    • ,
  • F. Flanagan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
    • Eccles Breast Screening Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
    • ,
  • M.J. Kerin

      Affiliations

    • Eccles Breast Screening Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
    • Clinical Science Institute, University College Hospital, Galway, Ireland
    • ,
  • M.R. Kell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
    • Eccles Breast Screening Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Eccles Breast Screening Unit, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland. Tel.: +353 1 882 6200; fax: +353 1 882 6225.

,Accepted 27 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.03.025

European Journal of Surgical Oncology
Volume 34, Issue 2 , Pages 149-153 , February 2008

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