Clinical epidemiology of breast cancer in the elderly

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2242-2252

  Louwman, W J ^a   Vulto, J C M ^b   Verhoeven, R H A ^a   Nieuwenhuijzen, G A P ^c   Coebergh, J W W ^a,d   Voogd, A C ^e  

^a The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Care; Elderly; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TAMOXIFEN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG FEVER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; NEUTROPENIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35048865294     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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