Surgical Resection of the Primary Tumor is Associated with Increased Long-Term Survival in Patients with Stage IV Breast Cancer after Controlling for Site of Metastasis
- 9 August 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 14 (12) , 3345-3351
Abstract
Background The benefit of surgical resection in patients presenting with metastatic breast cancer is not established. We hypothesized that surgical excision of primary tumors in patients with stage IV...Keywords
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