Prognosis of younger and older patients with early breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 382-385

  Peer, P G M ^a   Verbeek, A L M ^a,b   Mravunac, M ^c   Hendriks, J H C L ^a,b   Holland, R ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Early stage; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030051556     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.65     Document Type: Article

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