Age at diagnosis in relation to survival following breast cancer: a cohort study.

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Published in World J Surg Oncol on February 07, 2015

Authors

Jasmine Brandt1,2, Jens Peter Garne3, Ingrid Tengrup4, Jonas Manjer5,6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgery, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Inga Marie Nilssons gata 47, SE-205 02, Malmö, Sweden. jasmine.brandt@med.lu.se.
2: Department of Plastic Surgery, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Jan Waldenströmsgata 18, SE-205 02, Malmö, Sweden. jasmine.brandt@med.lu.se.
3: Department of Breast Surgery, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Skovvej 3, 9000, Aalborg, Denmark. jpg@rn.dk.
4: Department of Surgery, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Inga Marie Nilssons gata 47, SE-205 02, Malmö, Sweden. ingrid.tengrup@skane.se.
5: Department of Surgery, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Inga Marie Nilssons gata 47, SE-205 02, Malmö, Sweden. jonas.manjer@med.lu.se.
6: Department of Plastic Surgery, Lund University, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Jan Waldenströmsgata 18, SE-205 02, Malmö, Sweden. jonas.manjer@med.lu.se.

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