Breast Cancer in Young Women in an Oncologic Hospital in Amazonas

by Gabriel Pacífico S. Nunes, Hilka F. Barra do E. S. A. Pereira, Katia Luz Torres Silva

Breast carcinoma is uncommon in young women, constituting 5% to 14% of cases in some series and presents a worse prognosis, since the diagnosis is made when the patient is symptomatic and, therefore, has already progressed to a more advanced stage of the disease. Consequently, a higher mortality rate and lower disease-free survival is observed when compared to patients in the postmenopausal period. The higher vulnerability of young women to advanced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6206138690
• ISBN13: 9786206138693
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"