Aging, progression, and phenotype in breast cancer.

doi:10.1200/JCO.1998.16.8.2686

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Aging, progression, and phenotype in breast cancer.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Aug 1998

Heimann R, Hellman S

Abstract excerpt

The malignant potential of cancer is dynamic, changing throughout the natural history of a tumor. For breast cancer, this is especially important because the clinical presentation has been altered by the increasing use of screening mammography. The varied outcomes of similarly staged patients is...

Topics

Aging
Breast Neoplasms
Disease Progression
Female
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis
Phenotype
Survival Rate

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