Breast cancer in elderly women: Can radiotherapy be omitted?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2264-2269

  Scalliet, Pierre G M ^a   Kirkove, Carine ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 35148882177     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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