Evaluation of overall survival and barriers to surgery for patients with breast cancer treated without surgery: a National Cancer Database analysis

Abstract Surgery remains the foundation of curative therapy for non-metastatic breast cancer, but many patients do not undergo surgery. Evidence is limited regarding this population. We sought to assess factors associated with lack of surgery and overall survival (OS) in patients not receiving breas...

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Main Authors: D. Boyce-Fappiano, I. Bedrosian, Y. Shen, H. Lin, O. Gjyshi, A. Yoder, S. F. Shaitelman, W. A. Woodward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:npj Breast Cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-021-00294-w