Surgery improves survival in elderly with breast cancer. A study of 465 patients in a single institution

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 635-640

  Cortadellas, T ^a   Cordoba O ^a   Gascon A ^a   Haladjian, C ^a   Bernabeu, A ^a   Alcalde, A ^a   Esgueva, A ^a   Rodriguez Revuelto, R ^a   Espinosa Bravo, M ^a   Diaz Botero S ^a   Xercavins, J ^a   Rubio, I T ^a   Gil Moreno, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast cancer specific survival; Charlson comorbidity; Elderly patients; Primary endocrine therapy; Primary surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ANTINEOPLASTIC HORMONE AGONISTS AND ANTAGONISTS; ERBB2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LYMPH VESSEL METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; ADENOCARCINOMA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MASTECTOMY; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MASTECTOMY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84931349358     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2015.01.027     Document Type: Article

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