RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND MEDICAL FACTORS WITH THE PERIOD OF SEEKING MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS AMONG BREAST CANCER PATIENTS, JOSE R. REYES MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, SEPTEMBER 04, TO SEPTEMBER 18, 2001
Language: English Publication details: QUEZON CITY FEU-NRMF 2001LOC classification:- MCFM20010007
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Theses | Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation Theses | MCFM20010007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | T000618 |
ABSTRACT: Among Asian countries, breast cancer is most prevalent in the Philippines. Breast cancer is the second leading site for both sexes (13.2%) and ranks first (25.9%) among women according to the data of the Philippine Cancer Facts and Estimates as of 1998. For the past 20 years , breast cancer diagnosis increased about 2% each year in 1993, the incidence was approximately 8,421 new cases, a rate which has risen to 9,436 new cases in 1998.
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