Common Cancers in the Elderly
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs & Aging
- Vol. 13 (6) , 467-478
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00002512-199813060-00005
Abstract
The proportion of elderly persons (65 years or older) has increased in most countries during the last few decades, and will increase further in the coming years. Annual age-standardised cancer...Keywords
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