Multifocality as a prognostic factor in breast cancer patients registered in Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group (DBCG) 1996-2001

Breast

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 587-591

  Joergensen, L E ^a   Gunnarsdottir, K A ^a   Lanng, C ^b   Moeller, S ^a   Rasmussen, B B ^c  

^a Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group (DBCG)   (Denmark)

^b Clinic for Breast Surgery   (Denmark)

^c HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Disease free survival; Multifocality; Overall survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 56949100368     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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