Survival of node-negative breast cancer patients treated at the university medical centre Maribor in the period 2000–2009

Abstract

Breast cancer is increasingly diagnosed in the early stages without regional nodal involvement. The aim of the present study was to determine the 5-year overall (OS) and breast cancer specific survival (BCSS) for patients with node-negative breast cancer treated at the University Medical Centre Maribor, and compare it with survival at the national level.

Keywords

• breast cancer
• survival
• time trends
• regional differences
• slovenia
• rak dojk
• preživetje
• časovni vzorci
• regionalne razlike
• slovenija