Diagnosing and treating breast cancer in elderly women: a call for improved understanding.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on August 28, 2007

Authors

Leona Downey1, Robert Livingston, Alison Stopeck

Author Affiliations

1: Section of Hematology and Oncology, University of Arizona, Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, USA. ldowney@email.arizona.edu

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