Breast Cancer in Women Aged 80 Years or Older: An Analysis of Treatment Patterns and Disease Outcomes.
Clin Breast Cancer
; 19(3): 157-164, 2019 06.
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ABSTRACT
No clear standard treatment guidelines exist for older women with breast cancer. In this study we aimed to examine the practice patterns and treatment outcomes of women ≥80 years old with invasive breast cancer. A retrospective chart review at a single academic institution was performed of 124 women diagnosed with stage I to III invasive breast cancer aged ≥80 years between 2005 and 2014. Median age of diagnosis was 84 years. Fifty-nine of the cancers (48%) were detected using mammography. One hundred twelve patients (90%) underwent surgery. There was no difference in comorbidities between the surgical and nonsurgical group (P = .800). In multivariate analysis, age was predictive of receiving surgery (P < .001). Overall survival probability was higher for those who received hormonal therapy (P = .002), radiation therapy (P = .041), and those with lower-stage tumors (P = .018). Surgery was not predictive of survival. It is important to consider comorbidities, complications and, longevity when determining whether elderly women diagnosed with breast cancer benefit from surgery.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Padrões de Prática Médica
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Neoplasias da Mama
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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En
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Clin Breast Cancer
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article