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Investigating confounders of the association between survival and adjuvant radiation therapy after breast conserving surgery in a sample of elderly breast Cancer patients in Appalachia

BACKGROUND: To explain the association between adjuvant radiation therapy after breast conserving surgery (BCS RT) and overall survival (OS) by quantifying bias due to confounding in a sample of elderly breast cancer beneficiaries in a multi-state region of Appalachia. METHODS: We used Medicare clai...

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Autores principales: Camacho, Fabian, Anderson, Roger, Kimmick, Gretchen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6918701/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31847855
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-019-6263-3