Early breast cancer: Evaluation of the prognostic role of the site of the primary tumor

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1363-1366

  Zucali, Roberto ^a   Mariani, Luigi ^a   Marubini, Ettore ^a   Kenda, Rado ^a   Lozza, Laura ^a   Rilke, Franco ^a   Veronesi, Umberto ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR;

EID: 0031923866     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.4.1363     Document Type: Article

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