Effects of Surgical Excision on Survival of Patients with Stage IV Breast Cancer1

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Leung, Anna M ^a   Vu, Huan N ^a   Nguyen, Kim Anh ^a   Thacker, Leroy R ^b   Bear, Harry D ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

metastases; stage IV breast cancer; surgery; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY EFFECT; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77951653029     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.12.030     Document Type: Article

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