Poorer survival of elderly patients with ovarian cancer: A population-based study

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 181-186

  Petignat, P ^a,b   Fioretta, G ^c   Verkooijen, H M ^c   Vlastos, A T ^a   Rapiti, E ^c   Bouchardy, C ^c   Vlastos, G ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Elderly; Epithelial ovarian cancer; Surgery; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 11144267924     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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