Patterns of treatment for older women with newly diagnosed breast carcinoma

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 107-113

  Solin, Lawrence J ^a,f   Schultz, Delray J ^b,c   Hanchak, Nicholas A ^d   Kessler, Howard B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d AETNA   (United States)

^e FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Breast carcinoma; Breast conservation treatment; Health maintenance organization; Mammography; Older women; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER SCREENING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033496046     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199904000-00001     Document Type: Article

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