Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast: The survival impact of race

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2693-2699

  Edwards, Michael J ^a   Gamel, John W ^b   Vaughan, William P ^b   Wrightson, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031927694     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.8.2693     Document Type: Article

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