The effect of age, race, tumor size, tumor grade, and disease stage on invasive ductal breast cancer survival in the U.S. SEER database
โ Scribed by Jarrett Rosenberg; Yen Lin Chia; Sylvia Plevritis
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 152 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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