Improved survival after primary tumor surgery in metastatic breast cancer: a propensity-adjusted, population-based SEER trend analysis

Background:There is ongoing debate about nonpalliative primary tumor surgery in metastatic breast cancer patients. This issue has become even more relevant with the introduction of increasingly sensitive imaging modalities.Methods:Metastatic breast cancer patients were identified in the SEER registr

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Main Authors: Warschkow, René (Author) , Guller, Ulrich (Author) , Tarantino, Ignazio (Author) , Cerny, Thomas (Author) , Schmied, Bruno (Author) , Thürlimann, Beat (Author) , Joerger, Markus (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: [June 2016]
In: Annals of surgery
Year: 2016, Volume: 263, Issue: 6, Pages: 1188-1198
ISSN:1528-1140
DOI:10.1097/SLA.0000000000001302
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1097/SLA.0000000000001302
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Author Notes:Rene Warschkow, MD, MSc, Ulrich Güller, MD, MHS, FEBS, Ignazio Tarantino, MD, MSc, Thomas Cerny, MD, Bruno Schmied, MD, MBA, Beat Thuerlimann, MD, and Markus Joerger, MD, PhD
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Summary:Background:There is ongoing debate about nonpalliative primary tumor surgery in metastatic breast cancer patients. This issue has become even more relevant with the introduction of increasingly sensitive imaging modalities.Methods:Metastatic breast cancer patients were identified in the SEER registr
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ISSN:1528-1140
DOI:10.1097/SLA.0000000000001302