Secondary prevention of breast cancer in older women

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 192-195

  Van Hoeyweghen, Raf J ^a  

^a General Hospital St Jan   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; COMORBIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAMMOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034931174     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003910170063     Document Type: Article

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