Race is not a factor in overall survival in patients with triple negative breast cancer: A retrospective review

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Starlard Davenport, Athena ^a   Glover Collins, Katherine ^a   Mahkoul, Issam ^b   Hutchins, Laura ^b   Westbrook, Kent ^a   Korourian, Soheila ^b   Enoch, Kimberly ^a   Preston, Michael ^a   Jackson, Shakia N ^a   Klimberg, V Suzanne ^a   Henry Tillman, Ronda ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Overall survival; Race; Triple negative breast cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887286906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-2-516     Document Type: Article

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