Small but significant excess mortality compared with the general population for long-term survivors of breast cancer in the Netherlands
Background: Coinciding with the relatively good and improving prognosis for patients with stage I-III breast cancer, late recurrences, new primary tumours and late side-effects of treatment may occur. We gained insight into prognosis for long-term breast cancer survivors. Patients and methods: Data on all 205 827 females aged 15-89 diagnosed with stage I-III breast cancer during 1989-2008 were derived from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Conditional 5-year relative survival was calculated for every subsequent year from diagnosis up to 15 years. Results: For stage I, conditional 5-year relativ... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
Schlagwörter: | Breast cancer / Conditional survival / Excess mortality / Late side-effects / Long-term survivors |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26833009 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | BASE |
Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/73289 |