Increase of chemotherapy use in older women with breast carcinoma from 1991 to 1996

Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 730-737

  Du, Xianglin ^a   Goodwin, James S ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast carcinoma; Chemotherapy; Elderly; Medicare; Population based; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; PACLITAXEL;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035880646     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20010815)92:4<730::AID-CNCR1376>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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