Role of HER2-neu as a prognostic factor for survival and relapse in pT1a-bN0M0 breast cancer: A systematic review of the literature with a pooled-analysis

Medical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2586-2593

  Petrelli, F ^a   Barni, S ^a  

^a TREVIGLIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; HER2 positive; Prognosis; pT1a bN0M0; Relapse; Survival

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 84867982837     PISSN: 13570560     EISSN: 1559131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12032-012-0201-4     Document Type: Review

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