Primary breast cancer therapy in six regions of Germany

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 578-585

  Engel, J ^a,h   Nagel, G ^b   Breuer, E ^c   Meisner, C ^d   Albert, U S ^e   Strelocke, K ^f   Sauer, H ^a   Katenkamp, D ^b   Mittermayer, C ^c   Heidemann, E ^g   Schulz, K D ^e   Kunath, H ^f   Lorenz, W ^e   Holzel D ^a  

^a Marchioninistraße 15   (Germany)

^b Ziegelmühlenweg 1 ^*  (Germany)

^c Pauwelsstraße 30 ^*  (Germany)

^d Institute for Medical Informatic Processing (IMI)   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

^f Cancer Registry of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Dresden   (Germany)

^g Stuttgart Rosenbergstra 38 ^*  (Germany)

^h LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Population based; Primary therapy; Quality assurance

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT CARE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY CONTROL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036188920     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(01)00407-5     Document Type: Article

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