Impact of breast surgery on survival of patients with stage IV breast cancer: a SEER population-based propensity score matching analysis

Background Breast surgery for stage IV breast cancer remains controversial. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of breast surgery on survival of stage IV breast cancer patients based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database from 2010 to 2015. Methods In tota...

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Main Authors: Yuxiang Lin, Kaiyan Huang, Qiang Zeng, Jie Zhang, Chuangui Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-03-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/8694.pdf