Breast cancer in young women: poor survival despite intensive treatment.

BACKGROUND:Breast cancer is uncommon in young women and correlates with a less favourable prognosis; still it is the most frequent cancer in women under 40, accounting for 30-40% of all incident female cancer. The aim of this study was to study prognosis in young women, quantifying how much stage at...

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Main Authors: Hanna Fredholm, Sonja Eaker, Jan Frisell, Lars Holmberg, Irma Fredriksson, Henrik Lindman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2770847?pdf=render