Conservative treatment vs. mastectomy without radiotherapy in aged women with breast cancer - A prospective and randomized trial

Zentralblatt fur Gynakologie

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 311-317

  Gori, J ^a   Castano R ^b   Engel, H ^a   Toziano, M ^c   Fischer, C ^a   Maletti, Graciela ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ALEMÁN   (Argentina)

^b Model Clinic Moron   (Argentina)

^c Hospital Naval   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Conservative management; Elderly patients

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAMOXIFEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034123633     PISSN: 00444197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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