Ethnic differences in survival after breast cancer in South East Asia.

BACKGROUND: The burden of breast cancer in Asia is escalating. We evaluated the impact of ethnicity on survival after breast cancer in the multi-ethnic region of South East Asia. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Using the Singapore-Malaysia hospital-based breast cancer registry, we analyzed the assoc...

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Main Authors: Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy, Mikael Hartman, Cheng-Har Yip, Nakul Saxena, Nur Aishah Taib, Siew-Eng Lim, Philip Iau, Hans-Olov Adami, Awang M Bulgiba, Soo-Chin Lee, Helena M Verkooijen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3283591?pdf=render