## Abstract ## BACKGROUND Temporal comparisons of case survival are commonly used to assess improvement in cancer treatment at the population level. However, such comparisons may be confounded by secular trends in disease prognosis, even within conventional stage categories. The objective of the c
The effect of changes in tumor size on breast carcinoma survival in the U.S. : 1975–1999
✍ Scribed by Daniel B. Kopans
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 40 KB
- Volume
- 106
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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