Breast cancer in elderly compared to younger patients in the Netherlands: Stage at diagnosis, treatment and survival in 127,805 unselected patients

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 801-807

  Bastiaannet, E ^a   Liefers, G J ^a   De Craen, A J M ^a   Kuppen, P J K ^a   Van De Water, W ^a   Portielje, J E A ^b   Van Der Geest, L G M ^c   Janssen Heijnen, M L G ^d   Dekkers, O M ^a   Van De Velde, C J H ^a   Westendorp, R G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Integraal Kankercentrum West   (Netherlands)

^d Comprehensive Cancer Centre West ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly; Population based; Relative survival

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; NETHERLANDS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SELECTION; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649331679     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-010-0898-8     Document Type: Article

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