The effect of age and comorbidity in the treatment of elderly women with nonmetastatic breast cancer

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 85-90

  Newschaffer, Craig J ^a,b   Penberthy, Lynne ^c   Desch, Christopher E ^b,c   Retchin, Sheldon M ^b,c   Whittemore, Martha ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Proj HOPE Center for Health Affairs   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0030033973     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.1.85     Document Type: Article

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