作者: William F. Anderson , Ismail Jatoi , Susan S. Devesa
DOI: 10.1007/S10549-004-3777-3
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摘要: Background. Breast cancer is a heterogeneous and chronic disease with relapses death occurring 25 years or more after primary diagnosis. Standard tumor characteristics are used to predict initial relapse death, but their ability estimate long-term patterns of failure may be limited.