Abstract:Background: Surgery is very common for patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Its impact on survival depends on diagnostic, patient, tumor-related, and other-treatment factors. Moreover, time to surgery from the date of diagnosis is also a critical factor affecting outcome.
Objective: In this study we investigated the impact of surgery on survival in breast cancer patients using two methods: (1) multivariate regression; and (2) propensity score matching. For the patients undergoing surgical inte… Show more
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