Physicians initial impression of elderly breast cancer patients allows appropriate treatment stratification despite lack of quantitative assessment

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Prichard, R S ^a   Haren, A ^a   Evoy, D ^a   McDermott, E ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LETROZOLE; TAMOXIFEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE GERIATRIC; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENTINEL LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 84876105875     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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