Journal article
Predictors of 5-year local, regional, and distant recurrent events in a population-based cohort of breast cancer patients
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The study purpose was to identify tumor and surgeon predictors of local recurrence (LR), regional recurrence (RR), and distant metastasis (DM) after breast cancer (BC) surgery in a population-based cohort.
METHODS: Consecutive BC surgical cases from 12 hospitals in South Central Ontario between May 2006 and October 2006 were included. Data collected on chart review included patient and tumor factors, surgery type, adjuvant …
Authors
Fung F; Cornacchi SD; Vanniyasingam T; Dao D; Thabane L; Simunovic M; Hodgson N; O'Brien MA; Reid S; Heller B
Journal
The American Journal of Surgery, Vol. 213, No. 2, pp. 418–425
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
February 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.03.016
ISSN
0002-9610