Age, comorbidity, and breast cancer severity: Impact on receipt of definitive local therapy and rate of recurrence among older women with early-stage breast cancer

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 757-765

  Field, Terry S ^a   Bosco, Jaclyn L F ^b   Prout, Marianne N ^c   Gold, Heather T ^d   Cutrona, Sarah ^a   Pawloski, Pamala A ^e   Ulcickas Yood, Marianne ^c   Quinn, Virginia P ^f   Thwin, Soe Soe ^g   Silliman, Rebecca A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LOCAL THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855193959     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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