Patterns of initial management of node-negative breast cancer in two Canadian provinces

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-35

  Goel, Vivek ^a   Olivotto, Ivo ^a   Gregory Hislop, T ^b   Sawka, Carol ^c   Coldman, Andrew ^c   Holowaty, Eric J ^d   Allan, Sharon ^a   Dale, Darlene ^e   Kirkbride, Peter ^a   Kula, Josephine ^b   McCready, David ^a   McGregor, Gregory ^c   Plenderleith, Ian ^a   Pritchard, Kathleen ^e   Radolovich, Carmen ^c   Tompkins, Beth ^c   Trevisan, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DUCT; BREAST SURGERY; CANADA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGEON; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031029425     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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