Impact of Axillary Dissection on Clinical Outcomes of Breast Cancer Surgery

Abstract

To determine whether failure to perform axillary dissection or irradiation is associated with decreased survival in women with early-stage breast cancer, we studied 26,290 women aged >/-25 in 1988-93 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data and 5,328 women aged >/- 65 in 1991-93 from SEER-Medicare data, who received BCS.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA392514

Entities

People

  • Xianglin Du

Organizations

  • University of Texas Medical Branch

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Breast Cancer
  • Computer Programming
  • Databases
  • Drug Therapy
  • Health Services
  • Mastectomy
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • Oncology
  • Surgery
  • Therapy

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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