Surgical treatment of early stage breast cancer in elderly: An international comparison

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 675-682

  Kiderlen, M ^a   Bastiaannet, E ^a   Walsh, P M ^b   Keating, N L ^c   Schrodi, S ^d   Engel, J ^d   Van De Water, W ^a   Ess, S M ^e   Van Eycken, L ^f   Miranda, A ^g   De Munck, L ^h   Van De Velde, C J H ^a   De Craen, A J M ^a   Liefers, G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Cancer Registry of St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^f National Cancer Registry of Belgium   (Belgium)

^g Cancer Registry of Southern Portugal (ROR Sul)   (Portugal)

^h Department of Registration and Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Elderly; Population based; Surgery; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLARY SURGERY; BELGIUM; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859110542     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1892-5     Document Type: Article

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