Temporal and regional variability in the surgical treatment of cancer among older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 559-564

  Farrow, Diana C ^a   Hunt, William C ^b   Samet, Jonathan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PANCREAS CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029870851     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb01442.x     Document Type: Article

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