Breast cancer in octogenarian. Are we doing our best? A population-registry based study.

CONCLUSIONS: Octogenarians with operable breast cancer are receiving suboptimal treatments, which can have repercussions on survival. New studies are required to identify a subgroup of women age ≥80 years who may benefit from more aggressive treatment and a population of older women on the basis of tumor characteristics, comorbidities and life expectancy who may not need as aggressive treatment. PMID: 29274475 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29274475?dopt=Abstract

Source: Breast - December 20, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Martinez-Ramos D, Simon-Monterde L, Queralt-Martin R, Suelves-Piqueres C, Menor-Duran P, Escrig-Sos J Tags: Breast Source Type: research