Multiple malignant tumours in the elderly

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 227-230

  Merminod, Thierry ^a   Zulian, Gilbert B ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b CESCO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly; Multiple malignant tumours

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BREAST METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR; SECOND CANCER; STAINING; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036757731     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-8428(02)00002-1     Document Type: Review

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