Is surgical management compromised in elderly patients with breast cancer?

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 225, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 579-589

  Wanebo, Harlod J ^a   Cole, Bernard ^a   Chung, Maureen ^a   Vezeridls, Michael ^a   Schepps, Barbara ^b   Fulton, John ^a   Bland, Kirby ^b  

^a State of Rhode Island ^*  (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031408717     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199705000-00014     Document Type: Article

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