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. 1987 Oct;56(4):489-92.
doi: 10.1038/bjc.1987.230.

Confirmation of a prognostic index in primary breast cancer

J H Todd  1 , C Dowle, M R Williams, C W Elston, I O Ellis, C P Hinton, R W Blamey, J L Haybittle
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Confirmation of a prognostic index in primary breast cancer

J H Todd et al. Br J Cancer. 1987 Oct.
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Abstract

A prognostic index, previously derived in a group of 387 patients with primary breast cancer, has been recalculated for the same patients with over 5 years further follow-up and shown to be unchanged. The prognostic index has also been applied prospectively to a further group of 320 patients and shown to be similarly effective in identifying patients with either a very good or a very poor prognosis. It has been verified that the index applies to patients with primary breast cancer. Patients have now been divided into 5 prognostic groups, predicting 11% of patients with an almost normal survival and a further 10% with a very poor prognosis. The index is used to stratify patients to study the effects of treatment regimes within groups of similar patients.

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