The mode of progressive disease affects the prognosis of patients with metastatic breast cancer

Abstract Background According to the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST), progressive disease (PD) is diagnosed under two conditions: an increase in size of pre-existing lesions (IS) and the appearance of new lesions (NL). We retrospectively investigated the difference in the progn...

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Main Authors: Ryutaro Mori, Manabu Futamura, Kasumi Morimitsu, Yoshimi Asano, Yoshihisa Tokumaru, Mai Kitazawa, Kazuhiro Yoshida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12957-018-1472-9