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Diagnosis, treatment characteristics, and survival of women with breast cancer aged 65 and above: a hospital-based retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Breast cancer incidence in women increases with age, while survival rates decrease. Studies interpret this result as meaning higher comorbidity, diagnosis at later stages of the disease, and less effective treatment in the elderly. The aim of this study is to evaluate the diagnosis and t...

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Autores principales: Kartal, Mehtap, Tezcan, Sabahat, Canda, Tulay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3765714/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23984712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-13-34