Pathological, biological and clinical characteristics, and surgical management, of elderly women with breast cancer

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 226-233

  Molino, Annamaria ^a   Giovannini, Monica ^a   Auriemma, Alessandra ^a   Fiorio, Elena ^a   Mercanti, Anna ^a   Mandarà, Marta ^a   Caldara, Alessia ^a   Micciolo, Rocco ^b   Pavarana, Michele ^a   Cetto, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological pathological clinical characteristics; Breast cancer; Elderly patients; Prognostic factors; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; AGED; AXILLA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ESTROGENS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747792062     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2006.01.007     Document Type: Review

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