Breast cancer morbidity and mortality in rural Ethiopia: data from 788 verbal autopsies.
Introduction: In Ethiopia, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer among women. Little is known about the duration of disease and symptoms of patients who died from breast cancer in rural Ethiopia. The objective of this study was to assess breast cancer mortality with a particular focus on the...
| Publicado en: | BMC Women's Health Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10 |
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BioMed Central
3/25/2022
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