Hormonal and other factors in relation to survival among breast cancer patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-299

  Reeves, Gillian K ^a,c   Patterson, Jacoby ^b   Vessey, Martin P ^b   Yeates, David ^b   Jones, Lesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033945895     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0215(20000520)89:3<293::AID-IJC13>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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