Competing causes of death for women with breast cancer and change over time from 1975 to 2003

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-116

  Du, Xianglin L ^a   Fox, Erin E ^a,b   Lai, Dejian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cause of death; SEER; Temporal trend; Tumor registry; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42049092638     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e318142c865     Document Type: Article

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