The combined effect of age and socio-economic status on breast cancer survival

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 210-220

  Quaglia, Alberto ^a   Lillini, Roberto ^a,b   Casella, Claudia ^a   Giachero, Giovanna ^a   Izzotti, Alberto ^c   Vercelli, Marina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer registry; Deprivation index; Elderly; Relative survival; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79952192751     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2010.02.007     Document Type: Review

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