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Confirmation of a prognostic index in primary breast cancer

Confirmation of a prognostic index in primary breast cancer 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. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png British Journal of Cancer Springer Journals

Confirmation of a prognostic index in primary breast cancer

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 by Cancer Research Campaign
Subject
Biomedicine; Biomedicine, general; Cancer Research; Epidemiology; Molecular Medicine; Oncology; Drug Resistance
ISSN
0007-0920
eISSN
1532-1827
DOI
10.1038/bjc.1987.230
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Abstract

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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British Journal of Cancer – Springer Journals

Published: Oct 1, 1987

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