The Breast
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 120-127 , April 2010

Effects of guideline adherence in primary breast cancer–A 5-year multi-center cohort study of 3976 patients

  • Achim Wöckel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, University of Ulm Medical Center, Prittwitzstrasse 43, 89075 Ulm, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 (0) 731 500 585 01; fax: +49 (0) 731 500 585 02.
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  • Christian Kurzeder

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, University of Ulm Medical Center, Prittwitzstrasse 43, 89075 Ulm, Germany
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  • Verena Geyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, University of Ulm Medical Center, Prittwitzstrasse 43, 89075 Ulm, Germany
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  • Igor Novasphenny

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Germany
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  • Regine Wolters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Germany
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  • Manfred Wischnewsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Germany
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  • Rolf Kreienberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, University of Ulm Medical Center, Prittwitzstrasse 43, 89075 Ulm, Germany
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  • Dominic Varga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, University of Ulm Medical Center, Prittwitzstrasse 43, 89075 Ulm, Germany

Received 26 July 2009 ,Revised 12 December 2009 ,Accepted 14 December 2009.

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PII: S0960-9776(09)00178-7

doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2009.12.006

The Breast
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 120-127 , April 2010

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