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01.06.2010 | Breast Oncology
When is Age More Than Just a Number?
verfasst von:
Kathleen Diehl, MD, Lisa A. Newman, MD, MPH
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 6/2010
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Excerpt
Adults living in industrialized societies tend to live and work longer, marry later, and start their childbearing at older ages. This shift in the distribution of traditionally “youthful” personal and professional responsibilities to the shoulders of chronologically more mature adults has prompted dissemination of the adage “age is just a number.” The underlying message, of course, is that one can reap the benefits of “the good life” for as long as one exhibits the desire and energy expenditure to do so. …