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Survival from Localized Breast Cancer: Variability Across Trials and Registries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Sidney Klawansky ,
Catherine Berkey ,
Nirav Shah ,
Frederick Mosteller  and
Thomas C. Chalmers
Sidney Klawansky
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
Catherine Berkey
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
Nirav Shah
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
Frederick Mosteller
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
Thomas C. Chalmers
Affiliation:
Harvard School of Public Health
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Abstract

Age-specific (<50, 50–69 years) 10-year survival proportions in four European trials for node-negative, Stage I and II breast cancer patients differ significantly. These patients, identified as having the same stage as localized-breast cancer patients in the End Results Registry of the U.S. National Cancer Institute, had pooled survival proportions for the two age groups (0.713, 0.579) close to those of the registry (0.713, 0.607).

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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 9 , Issue 4 , Fall 1993 , pp. 539 - 553
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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