Younger women with breast carcinoma have a poorer prognosis than older women

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-103

  Chung, Maureen ^a   Chang, Helena R ^a   Bland, Kirby I ^b   Wanebo, Harold J ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age; breast neoplasms; prognosis; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RHODE ISLAND; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030040396     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960101)77:1<97::AID-CNCR16>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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