Breast cancer in elderly women (≥80 years): Variation in standard of care?

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-206

  Cyr, Amy ^a   Gillanders, William E ^a   Aft, Rebecca L ^a,b   Eberlein, Timothy J ^a   Margenthaler, Julie A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Breast cancer; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; TRASTUZUMAB;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CYST ASPIRATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASTECTOMY; PALPATION; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952014615     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21799     Document Type: Article

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