Management of breast cancer in the elderly by complete local excision and tamoxifen alone

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 790-793

  Sader, Chady ^a,b   Ingram, David ^a   Hastrich, Diana ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Complete local excision; Loco regional failure; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 0032707658     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01696.x     Document Type: Article

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