Older patients with breast cancer: is there bias in the treatment they receive?
Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant tumor in women worldwide and as breast cancer incidence increases with increasing age, over 40% of new cases are diagnosed in women older than 65 years of age. However, older patients are not treated to the same extent as younger patients and increasing a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2012-11-01
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Series: | Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1758834012455684 |