Effect of age and comorbidity in postmenopausal breast cancer patients aged 55 years and older

JAMA

Volumn 285, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 885-892

  Yancik, Rosemary ^a   Wesley, Margaret N ^d   Ries, Lynn A G ^c   Havlik, Richard J ^b   Edwards, Brenda K ^c   Yates, Jerome W ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^e ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035925169     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.285.7.885     Document Type: Article

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