Barriers to Clinical Trial Participation by Older Women With Breast Cancer
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- 15 June 2003
- journal article
- breast cancer
- Published by American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Journal of Clinical Oncology
- Vol. 21 (12) , 2268-2275
- https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2003.09.124
Abstract
Purpose: Although 48% of breast cancer patients are 65 years old or older, these older patients are severely underrepresented in breast cancer clinical trials. This study tested whether older patie...Keywords
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