Age at diagnosis in women with non-metastatic breast cancer: Is it related to prognosis?

Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-30

  Alieldin, Nelly H ^a   Abo Elazm, Omnia M ^a   Bilal, Dalia ^a   Salem, Salem Eid ^a   Gouda, Eman ^a   Elmongy, Magda ^a   Ibrahim, Amal S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Disease free survival; Prognostic factors; Young age

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RECURRENCE RISK; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

BREAST CANCER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; YOUNG AGE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894229501     PISSN: 11100362     EISSN: 16879996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnci.2013.08.005     Document Type: Article

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