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Confirmation of a prognostic index in primary breast cancer
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A prognostic index, previously derived in a group of 387 patients with primary breast cancer, has been recalculated for the same patients with over 5 years further follow-up and shown to be unchanged. The prognostic index has also been applied prospectively to a further group of 320 patients and shown to be similarly effective in identifying patients with either a very good or a very poor prognosis. It has been verified that the index applies to patients with primary breast cancer. Patients have now been divided into 5 prognostic groups, predicting 11% of patients with an almost normal survival and a further 10% with a very poor prognosis. The index is used to stratify patients to study the effects of treatment regimes within groups of similar patients.
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- Authors
- Todd, J., Dowle, C., Williams, M., Elston, C., Ellis, I., Hinton, C., Blamey, R., & Haybittle, J.
- Venue
- British Journal of Cancer
- Published
- 1987-12
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 489-492
- ISSN
- 0007-0920 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-1827
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- W1974963731
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- 308
- References
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- FWCI
- 4.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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