Periodic follow-up after breast cancer and the effect on survival

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 167, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 490-496

  Te Boekhorst, D S ^a   Peer, N G ^a   Van der Sluis, R F ^a   Wobbes, T ^a   Ruers, T J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic; Breast cancer; Follow up; Local recurrence; Recurrence; Symptomatic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NETHERLANDS; NITRIC OXIDE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 0034877337     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241501316914849     Document Type: Article

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