## BACKGROUND. The elderly represent a large proportion of the women with breast cancer. However, there is a lack of information regarding breast cancer care in the elderly. ## METHODS. A patient care evaluation survey for breast carcinoma was conducted by the Commission on Cancer of the American
Breast cancer in elderly women (≥80 years): variation in standard of care?
✍ Scribed by Amy Cyr; William E. Gillanders; Rebecca L. Aft; Timothy J. Eberlein; Julie A. Margenthaler
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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