Determinants of Prognosis in Breast Cancer Patients with Tumor Involvement of the Skin (pT4b)

Breast Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 123-128

  Wieland, Arvid W J ^a   Louwman, Marieke W J ^b   Voogd, Adri C ^b,c   Van Beek, Mike W P M ^b   Vreugdenhil, Gerard ^d   Roumen, Rudi M H ^d  

^a Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Prognosis; Recurrence; Remission induction; Skin

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TUMOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642356005     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1075-122X.2004.21279.x     Document Type: Article

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