Cardiovascular disease competes with breast cancer as the leading cause of death for older females diagnosed with breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study
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- 20 June 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Breast Cancer Research
- Vol. 13 (3), R64
- https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr2901
Abstract
Many women who survive breast cancer die of causes unrelated to their cancer diagnosis. This study was undertaken to assess factors that are related to breast cancer mortality versus mortality from other causes and to describe the leading causes of death among older women diagnosed with breast cancer.Keywords
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