Prolonged survival by 'early' salvage treatment of breast cancer patients: A retrospective 6-year study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1106-1111

  Nicolini, A ^a,b   Anselmi, L ^a   Michelassi, C ^a   Carpi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b 1st Clinica Medica II   (Italy)

Author keywords

'Early' salvage treatment; Breast cancer; Survival; Tumour marker

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; TAMOXIFEN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030864735     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.515     Document Type: Article

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