The effect of under-treatment of breast cancer in women 80 years of age and older

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-320

  van Leeuwen, Barbara L ^a   Rosenkranz, K M ^b   Lei Feng, L ^c   Bedrosian, I ^c   Hartmann, K ^c   Hunt, K K ^c   Kuerer, H M ^c   Ross, M ^c   Singletary, S E ^c   Babiera, Gildy V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Surgical Oncology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CANCER UNDERTREATMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 79960967520     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: 18790461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2010.05.010     Document Type: Review

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