The impact of comorbidity on the survival of postmenopausal women with breast cancer

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 664-670

  Nagel, G ^a,b   Wedding, U ^a   Hoyer, H ^a   Rohrig B ^a   Katenkamp, D ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Comorbidity; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 8644284836     PISSN: 01715216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00432-004-0594-3     Document Type: Article

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