Older age--not a barrier to cancer treatment.

作者: Hyman B. Muss

DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200110113451512

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摘要: More than half of all new cancers in the United States occur patients 65 years age or older.1 The incidence cancer this group is 11 times that population under (2261 per 1...

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