The effect of comorbidity on 3-year survival of women with primary breast cancer

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 104-110

  Satariano, William A ^a   Ragland, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0028156819     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-120-2-199401150-00002     Document Type: Article

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