Variation in staging and treatment of local and regional breast cancer in the elderly

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-86

  Hillner, Bruce E ^a,b   Penberthy, Lynne ^a   Desch, Christopher E ^a   McDonald, M Kathleen ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^a   Retchin, Sheldon M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapies; Breast neoplasms; Databases; Elderly; Practice patterns; Staging; Surgical therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029832473     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01806004     Document Type: Article

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