Stage and treatment variation with age in postmenopausal women with breast cancer: Compliance with guidelines

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1486-1491

  Wyld, L ^a   Garg, D K ^a   Kumar, I D ^a   Brown, H ^a   Reed, M W R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly; Stage; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; METASTASIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AGE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEGMENTAL MASTECTOMY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASS SCREENING; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 2442504773     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601742     Document Type: Article

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