Parity confers better prognosis in older women with early-stage breast cancer treated with breast-conserving therapy

Clinical Breast Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-231

  Anderson, Penny R ^a   Hanlon, Alexandra L ^a   Freedman, Gary M ^a   Nicolaou, Nicos ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastases; Multiparous; Nulliparous; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARITY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 12344299499     PISSN: 15268209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3816/CBC.2004.n.026     Document Type: Article

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