The influence of marital status on the stage at diagnosis, treatment, and survival of older women with breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-47

  Osborne, Cynthia ^a,b   Ostir, Glenn V ^a,b   Du, Xianglin ^a,b   Peek, M Kristen ^a,b   Goodwin, James S ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Education; Marital status; Socioeconomic status; Survival rate; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 25144467406     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-005-3702-4     Document Type: Article

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