Cancer surgery in the elderly

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 37, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2001, Pages

  Hoekstra, Harald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EMERGENCY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; REVIEW;

AGED; EMERGENCIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 0000391071     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0959-8049(01)80025-3     Document Type: Article

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