Retrospective study of reasons for improved survival in patients with breast cancer in East Anglia: Earlier diagnosis or better treatment?

BMJ

Volumn 314, Issue 7079, 1997, Pages 472-

  Stockton, Diane ^a   Davies, Tom ^a   Day, Nicholas ^a   Mccann, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; WALES;

EID: 0031057237     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.314.7079.472     Document Type: Article

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