Double-peaked time distribution of mortality for breast cancer patients undergoing mastectomy

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-134

  Demicheli, Romano ^a   Valagussa, P ^a   Bonadonna, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Death risk; Mortality peaks; Recurrence risk; Tumor dormancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, RADICAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036713707     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019659925311     Document Type: Article

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