5- and 10-year survival in cancer patients aged 90 and older: A study of 37,318 patients from SEER

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 113-116

  Saltzstein, Sidney L ^a,b   Behling, Cynthia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; Neoplasms; SEER

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036829899     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.10160     Document Type: Article

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