Body Mass Index, PAM50 Subtype, and Outcomes in Node-Positive Breast Cancer: CALGB 9741 (Alliance)

Jennifer A Ligibel1, Constance T Cirrincione2, Minetta Liu2

  • 1Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (JAL, EW); Alliance Statistics and Data Center, Durham, NC (CTC); Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (ML, JNI); Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine, ProHEALTH Care Associates, Lake Success, NY (MC); Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL (WG); The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, Santa Monica, CA (SM); Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI (WS); St. Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ (RM); The Genome Institute, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO (EM); Department of Genetics, Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (CMP); Breast Cancer Program, Siteman Cancer Center and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (ME); Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY (CAH); Alliance Statistics and Data Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (DB); Alliance Statistics and Data Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (WTB). jligibel@partners.org.

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