Stage at Diagnosis of Cancer Varies With the Age of the Patient

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 20-26

  Goodwin, James S ^a   Samet, Jonathan M ^b   Key, Charles R ^c   Humble, Charles ^d   Kutvirt, Daniel ^d   Hunt, Curtis ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLADDER; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CANCER; LARGE INTESTINE; LIVER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MELANOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STOMACH; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 0022631103     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1986.tb06335.x     Document Type: Article

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