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Title Cancer in the elderly / edited by Carrie P. Hunter, Karen A. Johnson, Hyman B. Muss
Published New York : M. Dekker, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 606 pages) : illustrations
Series Basic and clinical oncology ; 23
Basic and clinical oncology ; 23.
Contents Series Introduction; Preface; Contents; Contributors; The Burden of Cancer in the Elderly; Breast Cancer Screening; Prostatic Cancer Screening; Screening for Colorectal Cancer in the Elderly; Cancer Prevention in the Elderly; Molecular Biology and Biological Markers; Inherited Susceptibility to Cancer; Surgery in the Elderly Oncology Patient; Radiation Therapy and the Elderly; Chemotherapeutic Treatment Issues in the Elderly; Breast Cancer; Gynecological Cancers; Genitourinary Cancer; Gastrointestinal Cancer; Lung Cancer; Leukemias, Lymphomas, and Myelomas; Treatment of Melanoma and Sarcoma
Summary This volume presents a comprehensive assessment and discussion of late-1990s knowledge and research advancements in the epidemiology, prevention and treatment of cancer in the elderly
Analysis Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik) Andre fag
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Geriatric oncology.
Older people.
Neoplasms -- epidemiology
Aged
Neoplasms -- prevention & control
Neoplasms -- therapy
Aged, 80 and over
elderly.
MEDICAL -- Geriatrics.
MEDICAL -- Nursing -- Gerontology.
Older people
Geriatric oncology
SUBJECT United States
Form Electronic book
Author Hunter, Carrie P., 1947-
Johnson, Karen A. (Karen Audrey), 1946-
Muss, Hyman B
LC no. 99089435
ISBN 0585351627
9780585351629
0824746457
9780824746452
9780824702786
0824702786
1280101970
9781280101977
9786610101979
6610101973
0429074506
9780429074509