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SUBMITTER: Liu W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6932875 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Wei W Xiong Xi-Feng XF Mo Yu-Zhen YZ Chen Wei-Guang WG Li Mei M Liang Rong R Zhang Zhi-Biao ZB Zhang Zhi Z
Aging 20191211 23
Numerous studies have shown that young age is a risk factor in early breast cancer. But for stage IV breast cancer, it is unclear whether age has a similar effect on patient survival. We collected and analyzed data from patients with stage IV breast cancer between January 2010 and December 2015 in SEER database. Multivariate Cox proportional hazard model was used in this study. 13,069 patients with stage IV breast cancer were included in the analysis, of which 1,135 were young breast cancer pati ...[more]