Open AccessPrognostic indices predictive of short-term disease-free survival of breast carcinoma patients receiving primary surgical treatment in Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
H. D. Wijesinghe,
P. Thuvarakan,
Anandi Samarasekera,
M. D. S. Lokuhetty
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_321_17
Subject(s) - sri lanka , medicine , breast carcinoma , disease , term (time) , oncology , primary treatment , surgery , breast cancer , cancer , geography , physics , environmental planning , quantum mechanics , tanzania
Breast carcinoma (BCa) is the commonest malignancy among women worldwide and in Sri Lanka. Several prognostic indices are described for BCa.