Locally advanced breast cancer in the elderly: A major challenge requiring effective and appropriate treatment

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Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 467-469

  Brancato, Giovanna ^a   Gandolfo, Luigi ^a   Privitera, Antonio ^a,b   Donati, Marcello ^a   Amodeo, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adjuvant chemotherapy; Breast cancer; Elderly patients; Locally advanced

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH;

EID: 0036880309     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160208800606     Document Type: Article

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