Does local therapy affect survival rates in breast cancer?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 455-460

  Shukla, H S ^a,b   Melhuish, J ^a   Mansel, R E ^a   Hughes, L E ^a,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Local control; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AXILLA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SIMPLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032776882     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10434-999-0455-z     Document Type: Article

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