Health-related quality of life in breast cancer patients: A bibliographic review of the literature from 1974 to 2007

Table 1 Number of citations by year of publication (1974–2007)

Year	Breast cancer	Quality of life	BC+QOL*	Papers reviewed**
1974	246	13	1	1
1975	312	23	0	0
1976	358	34	1	1
1977	522	27	0	0
1978	527	33	0	0
1979	489	34	0	0
1980	662	36	1	1
1981	634	45	1	0
1982	647	71	1	1
1983	661	89	2	2
1984	830	73	0	0
1985	844	97	2	2
1986	920	134	1	1
1987	961	211	2	2
1988	1125	223	2	2
1989	1333	294	2	2
1990	1470	422	7	6
1991	1423	394	8	7
1992	1805	603	8	8
1993	2088	641	18	17
1994	2342	747	16	15
1995	2444	948	11	10
1996	2926	1422	16	15
1997	3249	1756	19	16
1998	3597	2049	29	25
1999	3872	2457	39	30
2000	5026	2639	37	30
2001	5206	2985	34	27
2002	5720	3233	42	26
2003	6441	3900	38	31
2004	7422	4811	74	47
2005	7862	5276	73	53
2006	7021	4592	63	48
2007	4641	2207	58	51
Total	85626	42519	606	477

* Excluding duplicates and papers that appeared online and indexed ahead of publication.
** Excluding all meetings abstracts, editorials, brief commentaries, letters, replies, erratum, and dissertation abstracts. For all citations see Additional file 1.

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