Are lower rates of surgery amongst older women with breast cancer in the UK explained by co-morbidity

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1175-1180

  Lavelle, K ^a   Downing, A ^b   Thomas, J ^c   Lawrence, G ^d   Forman, D ^b,c,f   Oliver, S E ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

breast cancer; co morbidity; older; surgery

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84866929319     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.192     Document Type: Article

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