The Use of Hormone Therapy Alone Versus Hormone Therapy and Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer in Elderly Women: A Population-Based Study
The Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 9343 trial randomized elderly women with estrogen receptor –positive, stage 1 breast cancer to receive either hormone therapy (HT) or HT and radiation therapy (HT-RT) after lumpectomy and showed no difference in survival. After this publication, a practice guideline made HT alone a standard treatment option in British Columbia. The subsequent population-b ased pattern of practice was studied.
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - Category: Radiology Authors: Alan M. Nichol, Elisa K. Chan, Sarah Lucas, Sally L. Smith, Lovedeep Gondara, Caroline Speers, Scott Tyldesley Tags: Current Practice Source Type: research
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