Tailoring surgery to elderly patients with cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2016, Pages e10-e11

  Audisio, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NEOPLASMS; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84954503179     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9948     Document Type: Editorial

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