Surgery for the intact primary and stage IV breast cancer. Lacking "robust evidence"

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2803-2805

  Khan, Seema A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIMARY TUMOR; PUBLICATION; SOLID TUMOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 84881474312     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-3002-x     Document Type: Editorial

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