Breast cancer in elderly women. Influence of prognostic factors and pattern of treatment on long-term survival;Das mammakarzinom bei der älteren frau. Einflüsse der primären therapie auf das gesamtüberleben

Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1170-1174

  Fersis, Nikos ^a   Krieger, M ^a   Smyczek Gargya, B ^a   Ruja, A ^a   Fournier, D ^b   Bastert, G ^b   Wallwiener, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly women; Irradiation; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 0036939618     PISSN: 00165751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-36364     Document Type: Article

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