Incidence of bone metastases in breast cancer patients in the United Kingdom: Results of a multi-database linkage study using the general practice research database

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 240-246

  Hagberg, Katrina Wilcox ^a   Taylor, Aliki ^b   Hernandez, Rohini Khorana ^c   Jick, Susan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMGEN LTD   (United Kingdom)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone metastases; Breast cancer; GPRD; Incidence; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE DATABASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876301945     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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