Do breast implants adversely affect prognosis among those subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer? Findings from an extended follow-up of a Canadian cohort

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1868-1876

  Lavigne, Eric ^a,c   Holowaty, Eric J ^b   Pan, Sai Yi ^c   Xie, Lin ^c   Villeneuve, Paul J ^b,d   Morrison, Howard ^c   Brisson, Jacques ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST IMPLANT; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BREAST IMPLANTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 84867296523     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0484     Document Type: Article

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