Breast cancer survival of American Indian/Alaska Native women, 1973–1996
Sozial- und PräventivmedizinPublished 21 July 2005
Nina S. Wampler, Timothy L. Lash, Rebecca A. Silliman, Timothy Heeren
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American Indian/Alaska Native women were at greater risk for breast cancer mortality than non-Hispanic White women, even when restricted to women who received definitive breast cancer therapy.
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American Indian/Alaska Native women were at greater risk for breast cancer mortality than non-Hispanic White women, even when restricted to women who received definitive breast cancer therapy.
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