Analysis of 10-year cause-specific mortality of patients with breast cancer treated in New South Wales in 1995

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 516-525

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   O'Connell, Dianne ^c   Stuart, Kirsty ^a,b   Boyages, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Cancer Council NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

breast neoplasm; cardiac mortality; cause specific mortality; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES;

EID: 80054868756     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-9485.2011.02304.x     Document Type: Article

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