Time trends in breast cancer survival: Experience in a single centre, 1975-89

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1944-1949

  Bradburn, M J ^a   Altman, D G ^a   Smith, P ^b   Fentiman, I S ^b   Rubens, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Survival; Time trend

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031749741     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.322     Document Type: Article

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