Are lower rates of surgery amongst older women with breast cancer in the UK explained by co-morbidity?

BACKGROUND: Around 60% of women ⩾80 years old, in the UK do not have surgery for their breast cancer (vs<10% of younger age groups). The extent to which this difference can be accounted for by co-morbidity has not been established. METHODS: A Cancer Registry/Hospital Episode Statistics-linked dat...

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Autores principales: Lavelle, K, Downing, A, Thomas, J, Lawrence, G, Forman, D, Oliver, S E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Materias:
Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22878370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.192

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461147/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22878370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2012.192

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