Does primary tumor resection improve outcomes for patients with incurable advanced breast cancer?

Breast

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 543-547

  Shibasaki, Susumu ^a   Jotoku, Hiromi ^a   Watanabe, Kenichi ^a   Takahashi, Masato ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incurable advanced breast cancer; Primary tumor resection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 82955232859     PISSN: 09609776     EISSN: 15323080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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