Incidence and time trends of brain metastases admissions among breast cancer patients in Sweden

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1850-1853

  Frisk, G ^a   Svensson, T ^a   Backlund L M ^a   Lidbrink, E ^b   Blomqvist, P ^a   Smedby, K E ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

brain metastases; breast cancer; incidence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; TIME;

EID: 84861459371     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.163     Document Type: Article

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