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- Title
The effect of age on delay in diagnosis and stage of breast cancer.
- Authors
Partridge, Ann H; Hughes, Melissa E; Ottesen, Rebecca A; Wong, Yu-Ning; Edge, Stephen B; Theriault, Richard L; Blayney, Douglas W; Niland, Joyce C; Winer, Eric P; Weeks, Jane C; Tamimi, Rulla M
- Abstract
Young women with breast cancer are more likely to present with more advanced disease and are more likely to die as a result of breast cancer than their older counterparts. We sought to examine the relationship among young age (≤40 years), the likelihood of a delay in diagnosis, and stage.
- Publication
The oncologist, 2012, Vol 17, Issue 6, p775
- ISSN
1549-490X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0469