The opinion of general practitioners on the treatment of prostate and breast cancer in elderly people: Results of a survey based on clinical models

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 474-478

  Votron, L ^a   D'Hoore, W ^b   Swine, C ^c   Daisne, J F ^a   Scalliet, Pierre ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Cancer; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER MODEL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE SURGERY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544381435     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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