Patterns of breast cancer care in the elderly

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 101-111

  Busch, Erna ^a   Kemeny, Margaret ^a   Fremgen, Amy ^b   Osteen, Robert T ^c,d   Winchester, David P ^b   Clive, Rosemarie E ^b  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Patient Care Res Comm Task F

Author keywords

breast; cancer; elderly; treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; PALPATION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029998431     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960701)78:1<101::AID-CNCR15>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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