Age-related variation in the treatment and outcomes of patients with breast carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 369-374

  Golledge, Jonathan ^a   Wiggins, Joan E ^b   Callam, Michael J ^b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BEDFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Breast carcinoma; Outcome; Treatment

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAMOXIFEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034650188     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(20000115)88:2<369::AID-CNCR18>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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