Age of 40 years or younger is an independent risk factor for locoregional failure in early breast cancer: A single-institutional analysis in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Oncology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rudat, Volker ^a   El Sweilmeen, Hamdan ^a   Fadel, Elias ^a   Brune Erber, Iris ^a   Ahmad Nour, Alaa ^a   Bushnag, Zinaida ^a   Masri, Nidal ^a   Altuwaijri, Saleh ^a  

^a SAAD SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 84861022633     PISSN: 16878450     EISSN: 16878469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/370385     Document Type: Article

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