Prognostic indexes in breast cancer: Comparison of the Nottingham and Adelaide indexes

Breast

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-27

  Sidoni, Anapat ^a   Bellezza, G ^a   Cavaliere, A ^a   Del Sordo, R ^a   Scheibel, M ^a   Bucciarelli, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Prognostic factors; Prognostic indexes

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 1242297840     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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