Time since childbirth and prognosis in primary breast cancer: Population based study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7112, 1997, Pages 851-855

  Kroman, Niels ^a   Wohlfahrt, Jan ^b   Andersen, Knud West ^c   Mouridsen, Henning T ^c   Westergaard, Tine ^b   Melbye, Mads ^b  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DENMARK; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030884511     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7112.851     Document Type: Article

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