RT Journal
A1 Barnett CP
T1 SUrvival rate of patients with breast cancer in a small community
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1959
FD October 31
VO 171
IS 9
SP 1180
OP 1182
DO 10.1001/jama.1959.03010270016004
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010270016004
AB The 37% over-all survival rate revealed in this survey of 100 patients offers little evidence that significant progress has been made since the first such study was published by Halsted in 1907. Even when the figures are corrected to produce a 47% rate, there is little reason for complacency. It would seem logical for each community or institution to assess its results, no matter how few the cases, gathering whatever consolation or remorse the figures may offer when they are compared to established standards.