The surgical treatment of breast cancer in the elderly: A single institution comparative review of 5235 patients with 1028 patients ≥70 years

Breast Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 428-435

  Kaur, Paramjeet ^a   Santillan, Alfredo A ^b   McGuire, Kandace ^c   Turaga, Kiran K ^a   Shamehdi, Corinne ^a   Meade, Tammi ^a   Ramos, Daniel ^a   Mathias, Morgan ^a   Parbhoo, Jateen ^a   Davis, Michelle ^a   Khakpour, Nazanin ^a   King, Jeff ^a   Balducci, Lodovico ^a   Cox, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

age; breast cancer; elderly; mortality; surgical management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CONSERVATION SURGERY; BREAST SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; INVASIVE CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASTECTOMY; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866092052     PISSN: 1075122X     EISSN: 15244741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2012.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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