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From a multiple-regression analysis of prognostic factors and survival in a series of 387 patients with primary breast cancer, a prognostic index has been constructed, based on lymph-node stage, tumour size and pathological grade. This index is more discriminating than lymph-node stage alone, and enables a larger group of patients to be identified with a very poor prognosis.
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Haybittle, J., Blamey, R., Elston, C. et al. A prognostic index in primary breast cancer. Br J Cancer 45, 361–366 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1982.62
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1982.62