Pathologic characteristics of malignant neoplasms occurring in the elderly

Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1571-1576

  Arai, Tomio ^a   Sakurai, Urara ^a   Sawabe, Motoji ^a   Honma, Naoko ^b   Aida, Junko ^b   Takubo, Kaiyo ^b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Corresponding; Elderly; Malignant neoplasm; Pathology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 83755172596     PISSN: 03850684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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