Limited surgery and tamoxifen in the treatment of elderly breast cancer patients

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 125-129

  Odendaal, J de V ^a   Apffelstaedt, J P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE RISK; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; MORTALITY; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MASTECTOMY, SIMPLE; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 0038688375     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-002-6530-2     Document Type: Article

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