Locoregional relapse after breast cancer: Most relapses occur late and are not clinically detected

Breast Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-167

  Montgomery, David A ^a   Krupa, Katherine ^b   Cooke, Timothy G ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diagnosis; Follow up; Recurrence; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 62149143633     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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