Observational cohort study in older women with early breast cancer: use of radiation therapy and impact on health-related quality of life and mortality

CONCLUSION: Radiotherapy use in EBC patients ≥70 years is affected by age and recurrence risk, whereas geriatric parameters have limited impact regardless of type of surgery. There was geographical variation in treatment, with some fit older women with high-risk tumours not receiving radiotherapy, and some older, low-risk, EBC patients receiving radiotherapy after BCS despite evidence of limited benefit. The impact on HRQoL is transient.PMID:34146616 | DOI:10.1016/j.radonc.2021.06.021

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - June 19, 2021 Category: Radiology Authors: Nicol ò Matteo Luca Battisti Matthew Q Hatton Malcolm Wr Reed Esther Herbert Jenna L Morgan Michael Bradburn Richard Simcock Stephen J Walters Karen A Collins Sue E Ward Geoffrey R Holmes Maria Burton Kate J Lifford Adrian Edwards Thompson G Robinson Cha Source Type: research