Long-term mortality of women with a diagnosis of breast cancer

Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 266-269

  Levi, Fabio ^a   Randimbison, Lalao ^a   Te, Van Cong ^a   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Causes of death; Long term survival; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036969940     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065475     Document Type: Article

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