Distinct breast cancer incidence and prognostic patterns in the NCI’s SEER program: suggesting a possible link between etiology and outcome

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William F. Anderson
Ismail Jatoi
Susan S. Devesa
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[1] DHHS/NIH/NCI/Division of Cancer Prevention,Department of Surgery National Naval Medical Center
[2] Uniformed Services University,undefined
[3] DHHS/NIH/NCI/Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics,undefined
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actuarial survival; age frequency distribution; breast cancer age-specific incidence rates; etiology; hazard rates; prognosis;
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Background. Breast cancer is a heterogeneous and chronic disease with relapses and death occurring 25 years or more after primary diagnosis. Standard tumor characteristics are used to predict initial relapse or death, but their ability to estimate long-term patterns of failure may be limited.
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页码:127 / 137
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