Cancer in the oldest old in the United States: Current statistics and projections

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 299-306

  Gundrum, Jacob D ^a   Go, Ronald S ^a  

^a GUNDERSEN LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age distribution; Aged 85 and over; Cancer epidemiology; Health services for the aged

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; CANCER STATISTICS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866406300     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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