Mammography before diagnosis among women age 80 years and older with breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2482-2488

  Badgwell, Brian D ^a   Giordano, Sharon H ^a   Duan, Zhigang Z ^a   Fang, Shenying ^a   Bedrosian, Isabelle ^a   Kuerer, Henry M ^a   Singletary, S Eva ^a   Hunt, Kelly K ^a   Hortobagyi, Gabriel N ^a   Babiera, Gildy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER REGISTRY; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICARE; NEOPLASM STAGING; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 45149098714     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.12.8058     Document Type: Article

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