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Age distribution and outcomes in patients undergoing breast cancer resection in Saudi Arabia

A single-institute study

Balqis Alabdulkarim, Mazen Hassanain, Areej Bokhari, Abdulaziz AlSaif and Hana Alkarji
Saudi Medical Journal May 2018, 39 (5) 464-469; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.5.21993
Balqis Alabdulkarim
From the Epidemiology Department (Alabdulkarim), Lady Davis Institute, Quebec, Canada; from the Surgery Department (Hassanain, Bokhari, AlSaif, Alkarji), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MBBS, MSc
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Mazen Hassanain
From the Epidemiology Department (Alabdulkarim), Lady Davis Institute, Quebec, Canada; from the Surgery Department (Hassanain, Bokhari, AlSaif, Alkarji), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
FACS, PhD
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Areej Bokhari
From the Epidemiology Department (Alabdulkarim), Lady Davis Institute, Quebec, Canada; from the Surgery Department (Hassanain, Bokhari, AlSaif, Alkarji), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
MD
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Abdulaziz AlSaif
From the Epidemiology Department (Alabdulkarim), Lady Davis Institute, Quebec, Canada; from the Surgery Department (Hassanain, Bokhari, AlSaif, Alkarji), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
FRCSI, FBES
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Hana Alkarji
From the Epidemiology Department (Alabdulkarim), Lady Davis Institute, Quebec, Canada; from the Surgery Department (Hassanain, Bokhari, AlSaif, Alkarji), King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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