Factors associated with surgical and radiation therapy for early stage breast cancer in older women

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 716-726

  Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^a,c   Potosky, Arnold L ^a   Harlan, Linda C ^a   Nayfield, Susan G ^a   Kessler, Larry G ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0030009977     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/88.11.716     Document Type: Article

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