Do estimates of long-term survival tell us whether patients diagnosed with breast cancer before age 50 years are ever cured?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 392-394

  Green, Stephanie ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NOTE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVOR; TIME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1442314935     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.11.972     Document Type: Editorial

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