Breast cancer treatment guidelines in older women

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 783-791

  Giordano, Sharon H ^a   Hortobagyi, Gabriel N ^a   Kau, Shu Wan C ^a   Theriault, Richard L ^a   Bondy, Melissa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MASTECTOMY; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME; AGE; BREAST TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14144252305     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.04.175     Document Type: Article

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