Do younger women with non-metastatic and non-inflammatory breast carcinoma have poor prognosis?

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Mathew, Aleyamma ^a   Rajan, Balakrishnan ^a   Pandey, Manoj ^a  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Breast cancer; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDIA; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33646206851     PISSN: 14777819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7819-2-2     Document Type: Article

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