Management of endometrial, ovarian and cervical cancer in the elderly: current approach to a challenging condition
- 12 December 2018
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Archiv für Gynäkologie
- Vol. 299 (2), 299-315
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-018-5006-z
Abstract
Gynaecological cancer management in older people represents a current challenge. Therefore, in the present paper, we aimed to gather all the evidence reported in the literature concerning gynecological cancers in the elderly, illustrating the state of art and the future perspectives.Keywords
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