Referral, receipt, and completion of chemotherapy in patients with early-stage breast cancer older than 65 years and at high risk of breast cancer recurrence

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 4508-4514

  Buist, Diana S M ^a   Chubak, Jessica ^a   Prout, Marianne ^a   Yood, Marianne Ulcickas ^a   Bosco, Jaclyn L F ^a   Thwin, Soe Soe ^a   Gold, Heather Taffet ^a   Owusu, Cynthia ^a   Field, Terry S ^a   Quinn, Virginia P ^a   Wei, Feifei ^a   Silliman, Rebecca A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 76849112928     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.3459     Document Type: Article

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