Age and cancer surgery: Judicious selection or discrimination?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 951-952

  Fuchshuber, Pascal R ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER; CANCER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; SURGICAL RISK; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANCER REGISTRY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PATIENT SELECTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; PREJUDICE; SEER PROGRAM; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644395717     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2004.09.912     Document Type: Editorial

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