Does chemotherapy improve survival in advanced breast cancer? A statistical overview

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1988, Pages 615-618

  A'Hern R P ^a,b   Baum, M B ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMAN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0023925278     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1988.140     Document Type: Article

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