Cancer surgery in the elderly

Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 169-192

  Kemeny, M Margaret ^a   Busch Devereaux, Erna ^b   Merriam, Louis T ^a   O'Hea, Brian J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ProHEALTH Care Associates LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0033974303     PISSN: 08898588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8588(05)70283-5     Document Type: Article

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