Survival of patients with untreated breast cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 273-277

  Johnstone, Peter A S ^a,b   Norton, Marilyn S ^a   Riffenburgh, Robert H ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuarial analysis; Breast neoplasms; Historical data; Untreated

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; VIRULENCE;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034007942     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(200004)73:4<273::AID-JSO15>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Review

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