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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christos Markopoulos MD, PhD, Willemien van de Water MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-11-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1758834012455684