Clinical progression of breast cancer malignant behavior: What to expect and when to expect it

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 591-599

  Heimann, Ruth ^a   Hellman, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SIZE; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033965087     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2000.18.3.591     Document Type: Article

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