The prognosis of small primary breast cancers

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 908-912

  Kollias, J ^a,b   Murphy, C A ^a   Elston, C W ^a   Ellis, I O ^a   Robertson, J F R ^a   Blarney, R W ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Histological grade; Lymph node status; Prognosis; Size

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; GOSERELIN; METHOTREXATE; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033153566     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(99)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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