Pitfalls in comparing breast cancer survival of elderly patients between hospitals without comorbidity or cause of death data

Ann Oncol. 2010 Oct;21(10):2120. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdq459. Epub 2010 Aug 18.

Authors

H Wear¹, M Pittam¹, D Ravichandran²

Affiliations

¹ Department of surgery, Luton and Dunstable hospital, Luton, UK.
² Department of surgery, Luton and Dunstable hospital, Luton, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 20720090
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdq459

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment
Comparative Study
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Breast Neoplasms / mortality*
Cause of Death*
Comorbidity*
Female
Hospital Mortality*
Humans
Survival Rate