The impact of bilateral breast cancer on the prognosis of breast cancer: A comparative study with unilateral breast cancer

Breast Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 196-202

  Takahashi, Hiromasa ^a   Watanabe, Kenichi ^a   Takahashi, Masato ^a   Taguchi, Kazunori ^a   Sasaki, Fumiaki ^a   Todo, Satoru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bilateral breast cancer; Contralateral breast cancer; Metachronous bilateral breast cancer; Synchronous bilateral breast cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 27744448666     PISSN: 13406868     EISSN: 18804233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2325/jbcs.12.196     Document Type: Article

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