Breast surgery in stage IV breast cancer: impact of staging and patient selection on overall survival
Bafford AC, Burstein HJ, Barkley CR, Smith BL, Lipsitz S, Iglehart JD, Winer EP, Golshan M. Breast surgery in stage IV breast cancer: impact of staging and patient selection on overall survival. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2008, 115: 7-12. PMID: 18581232, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0101-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage IV breast cancerOverall survivalBreast cancerStage IV breast carcinomaMedian overall survivalDatabase of patientsAdverse predictorsHer2neu statusUnderwent mastectomySurgery groupLiver metastasesMedian survivalMetastatic diseaseBreast surgeryTherapeutic surgeryBreast carcinomaNS groupRetrospective analysisStaging factorsSurgerySurvivalWomenPatientsMultivariate survivalCancer