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. 1990 Apr 28;335(8696):1020-2.
doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)91075-l.

Cancer in the elderly: why so badly treated?

I S Fentiman  1 , U Tirelli, S Monfardini, M Schneider, J Festen, F Cognetti, M S Aapro
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Cancer in the elderly: why so badly treated?

I S Fentiman et al. Lancet. .
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  • Cancer treatment and old people.
    Tirelli U, Aapro M, Obrist R, Festen J, Scheider M, Fentiman I, Monfardini S. Tirelli U, et al. Lancet. 1991 Jul 13;338(8759):114. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)90105-x. Lancet. 1991. PMID: 1676438 No abstract available.
  • Elderly patients with head-and-neck cancer.
    Morton RP, Benjamin CS. Morton RP, et al. Lancet. 1990 Jun 30;335(8705):1597. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)91431-9. Lancet. 1990. PMID: 1972520 No abstract available.
  • Treatment of breast cancer in elderly patients.
    Goldhirsch A, Gelman RS, Gelber RD, Castiglione M. Goldhirsch A, et al. Lancet. 1990 Sep 1;336(8714):564. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)92118-2. Lancet. 1990. PMID: 1975055 No abstract available.

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