Association between very young age and adverse characteristics of breast cancer at presentation amongst Israeli women

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-222

  Paluch Shimon, Shani ^a   Wolf, Ido ^a,b   Sadetzki, Siegal ^b,c   Gluck, Iris ^a   Oberman, Bernice ^c   Zvi Papa, Moshe ^a,b   Catane, Raphael ^a,b   Kaufman, Bella ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

breast cancer; endocrine responsive; stage; young age

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79958279922     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3181d6b500     Document Type: Article

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