Race is a fundamental prognostic indicator for 2325 northeastern Ohio women with infiltrating breast cancer

Breast Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 124-128

  Crowe Jr , Joseph P ^a,b   Patrick, Rebecca J ^a   Rybicki, Lisa A ^b   Grundfest Broniatowski, Sharon ^a   Kim, Julian A ^a   Lee, Katherine B ^a  

^a Department of General Surgery   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Hormone receptor status; Prognosis; Socioeconomic status; Tumor size; Tumor stage

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RACE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OHIO; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 15444370811     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2005.21564.x     Document Type: Article

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