A note on estimating local recurrence rates in clinical trials on the treatment of breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-91

  Schulgen, Gabi ^a   Schmoor, Claudia ^a   Sauerbrei, Willi ^a   Schumacher, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Local recurrence; Statistical method

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SHORT SURVEY; TECHNIQUE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 0031865632     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005969923607     Document Type: Short Survey

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