Cancer mortality at very old ages

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1367-1372

  Smith, David W E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age older than 85 years (85+); aging; cancer; life span; longevity; lung carcinoma; mortality rate; ovarian carcinoma; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESISTANCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029964516     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960401)77:7<1367::AID-CNCR22>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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