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Breast Cancer
Prognostic factors in breast cancer change over time
February 14th, 2006
The importance of prognostic factors in breast cancer changes over time. According to recent research published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, "The value of individual prognostic factors may change dependent on the length of the follow-up period, if some factors have their greatest prognostic potential immediately after operation. It is not clear how long these factors keep their prognostic relevance." "We retrospectively examined data on 1423 surgically treated Japanese patients with primary breast cancer between 1983 and 2002. Survival analysis was done starting at 2.5-yearly intervals after operation and follow-up in...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2006-02-14)
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