Reading the prognosis of the individual with breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1545-1547

  Blamey, R W ^a   Pinder, S E ^a   Ball, G R ^a   Ellis, I O ^a   Elston, C W ^a   Mitchell, M J ^a   Haybittle, J L ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Case survival; Improved prognostic discrimination; Prognosis; Prognosis of individual

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CURVE FITTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NOTTINGHAM PROGNOSTIC INDEX; PATIENT CODING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34249997263     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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