Breast Cancer Research

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Cardiovascular disease competes with breast cancer as the leading cause of death for older females diagnosed with breast cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Jennifer L Patnaik1*, Tim Byers1, Carolyn DiGuiseppi1, Dana Dabelea1 and Thomas D Denberg2

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1 Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, 13001 E. 17th Place, Aurora, CO 80045, USA

2 Department of Quality and Patient Safety, Atrius Health and Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466, USA

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Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13:R64 doi:10.1186/bcr2901

Published: 20 June 2011

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Codes used to identify chemotherapy and radiation treatment in Medicare files. This file contains Medicare codes that were used to indicate chemotherapy and radiation treatment.

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