Omission of surgery in elderly patients with early stage breast cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 545-552

  Hamaker, Marije E ^a,b   Bastiaannet, Esther ^c   Evers, Dorothea ^d   Water, Willemien Van De ^c   Smorenburg, Carolien H ^e   Maartense, Ed ^f   Zeilemaker, Anneke M ^g   Liefers, Gerrit Jan ^c   Geest, Lydia Van Der ^h   De Rooij, Sophia E ^b   Van Munster, Barbara C ^b,i   Portielje, Johanneke E A ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e Medical Centre Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^f REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^g RIJNLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h Comprehensive Cancer Centre ^*  (Netherlands)

ⁱ GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early breast cancer; Elderly; Primary endocrine treatment

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872686539     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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