Breast cancer screening in women aged 80 and older: Results from a national survey

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1688-1695

  Schonberg, Mara A ^a   McCarthy, Ellen P ^a   Davis, Roger B ^a   Phillips, Russell S ^a   Hamel, Mary B ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Life expectancy; Mammography; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAMMOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; INCOME; MASS SCREENING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 6944237347     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52462.x     Document Type: Review

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