Early primary breast cancer in the elderly - Pattern of presentation and treatment

Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Tang, S W ^a   Parker, H ^a   Winterbottom, L ^b   Hassell, K ^b   Ellis, I O ^a   Morgan, D A L ^b   Cheung, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly; Endocrine therapy; Presentation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; EXEMESTANE; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 78650850756     PISSN: 09607404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2009.07.004     Document Type: Review

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