Compliance with consensus recommendations for the treatment of early stage breast carcinoma in elderly women

Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1104-1113

  Hébert Croteau, Nicole ^a   Brisson, Jacques ^b   Latreille, Jean ^c   Blanchette, Caty ^b   Deschênes, Luc ^b  

^a Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Elderly; Evaluation; Practice patterns; Quality of medical care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 17144449770     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990301)85:5<1104::AID-CNCR14>3.3.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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