Long-term survival of women with breast cancer in New South Wales

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-222

  Taylor, Richard ^a,b   Davis, Philip ^a   Boyages, John ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual hazard rate; Breast neoplasm; Excess mortality; Long term survival; Population study; Relative survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0037221859     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(02)00486-0     Document Type: Article

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