Age at diagnosis in relation to survival following breast cancer: A cohort study

World Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Brandt, Jasmine ^a   Garne, Peter ^b   Tengrup, Ingrid ^a   Manjer, Jonas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age at diagnosis; Axillary lymph node status; Breast cancer; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE AT DIAGNOSIS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; SWEDEN; TUMOR VOLUME; VERY ELDERLY; ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; LUNG CARCINOMA; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR INVASION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84924190084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12957-014-0429-x     Document Type: Article

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