Natural history of node-positive breast cancer: The curability of small cancers with a limited number of positive nodes

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3105-3111

  Quiet, C A ^a   Ferguson, D J ^a   Weichselbaum, R R ^a   Hellman, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0029856865     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1996.14.12.3105     Document Type: Article

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