Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 221-225 , June 2010

Breast cancer in Lebanon: Incidence and comparison to regional and Western countries

  • Najla A. Lakkis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUB-MC), Beirut, Lebanon
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, PO Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh, Beirut 1107-2020, Lebanon. Tel.: +961 3504032; fax: +961 1370781.
    • ,
  • Salim M. Adib

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Saint Joseph University (USJ), Beirut, Lebanon
    • ,
  • Mona H. Osman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUB-MC), Beirut, Lebanon
    • ,
  • Umayya M. Musharafieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUB-MC), Beirut, Lebanon
    • ,
  • Ghassan N. Hamadeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUB-MC), Beirut, Lebanon

,Accepted 26 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.02.013

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 34, Issue 3 , Pages 221-225 , June 2010

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