Prognostic analysis of survival in small breast cancers

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 186, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 562-569

  Mustafa, Isha A ^a   Cole, Bernard ^b   Wanebo, Harold J ^b   Bland, Kirby I ^a   Chang, Helena R ^c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031895175     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1072-7515(98)00076-3     Document Type: Article

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