Breast cancer in women 70 years of age or older

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 390-393

  Masetti, Riccardo ^a   Antinori, Armando ^a   Terribile, Daniela ^a   Marra, Alessandro ^a   Granone, Pierluigi ^a   Magistrelli, Paolo ^a   Picciocchi, Aurelio ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0029916931     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb06407.x     Document Type: Article

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