Trends in breast cancer aggressiveness before the introduction of mass screening in southeastern Netherlands 1975-1989

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 199-206

  Louwman, W J ^a,b   Van Diest, P J ^c   Van Beek, M W P M ^d   Schapers, R F M ^e   Tutein Nolthenius Puylaert, M B C J E ^f   Baak, J P A ^c,g   Coebergh, J W W ^a,b  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^e St Maartens Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^f ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Incidence; Mitotic activity index; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE; MASS SCREENING; MITOSIS INDEX; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; DISEASE COURSE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGE; MITOTIC INDEX; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035992526     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015842720190     Document Type: Article

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