Modelling the effects of standard prognostic factors in node-positive breast cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 79, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 1752-1760

  Sauerbrei, W ^a   Royston, P ^b   Bojar, H ^c   Schmoor, C ^a   Schumacher, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Fractional polynomials; Prognostic factors; Regression modelling; Variable transformation

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MODEL; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0033067540     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690279     Document Type: Article

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