Survival of Women After Breast Conserving Surgery for Early Stage Breast Cancer
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
- Vol. 72 (1) , 23-31
- https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1014908802632
Abstract
Background. Increasing numbers of older women with breast cancer are receiving breast-conserving surgery (BCS). However, substantial numbers of them are not receiving either axillary dissection or...Keywords
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