Evaluation of BreastLight as a Tool for Early Detection of Breast Lesions among Females Attending National Cancer Institute, Cairo University |
Labib, Nargis Albert
(Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University)
Ghobashi, Maha Mohamed (Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University) Moneer, Manar Mohamed (Department of Biostatistics and Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University) Helal, Maha Hesien (Department of Radio- Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University) Abdalgaleel, Shaimaa Abdalaleem (Department of Biostatistics and Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University) |
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