Breast cancer in elderly women in Tunisia. Retrospective study about 106 patients aged more than 65 years;Le cancer du sien chez la femme âgée en Tunisie. Etude rétrospective à propos de 106 patientes de plus de 65 ans

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 696-701

  Gharbi, Olfa ^a   Landolsi, Amel ^a   Nouira, Monia ^a   Ben Fatma, Leila ^a   Bibi, Mohamed ^a   Korbi, Sadok ^a   Bakir, Dagla ^a   Kallel, Lamia ^a   Khairi, Hedi ^a   Ben Ahmed, Slim ^a  

^a FARHAT HACHED HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Aged woman; Breastcancer; Traitment

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; METASTASIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUNISIA; BREAST TUMOR; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNISIA;

EID: 11144354859     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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