Determinants of early distant metastatic disease in elderly patients with breast cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 317-321

  Chagpar, Anees B ^a   McMasters, Kelly M ^a   Martin, Robert C ^a   Thoene, Cynthia ^a   Nurko, Jacob Y ^b   Edwards, Michael J ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Distant metastases; Elderly; Hormonal therapy

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; RISK FACTORS; TAMOXIFEN; TIME FACTORS; TOREMIFENE;

EID: 33747348442     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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