Early-onset breast cancer - Histopathological and prognostic considerations

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1318-1323

  Kollias, J ^a   Elston, C W ^a   Ellis, I O ^a   Robertson, J F R ^a   Blamey, R W ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Pathology; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GOSERELIN; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030888758     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.223     Document Type: Article

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