Prolonged survival following aggressive treatment for metastatic breast cancer in the spine

Clinical and Experimental Metastasis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-55

  Zadnik, Patricia L ^a,c   Hwang, Lee ^a,c   Ju, Derek G ^a,c   Groves, Mari L ^a,c   Sui, Jackson ^a,c   Yurter, Alp ^a,c   Witham, Timothy F ^a,b   Bydon, Ali ^a,b   Wolinsky, Jean Paul ^a,b   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^a,b   Sciubba, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CRBII ^*  (United States)

^c Divs of Infectious Diseases and Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Metastasis; Outcomes; Spine; Tumor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894957980     PISSN: 02620898     EISSN: 15737276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10585-013-9608-3     Document Type: Article

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