| The role of surgery in the management of older women with breast cancer. | |
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PMID: 17904836 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Standard treatment for early breast cancer usually involves multi-modality treatment with a combination of surgery and one or more adjuvant therapies. These may include chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endocrine therapy and Trastuzumab. The treatment schedule for an individual patient may be complex, prolonged and associated with significant morbidity. The benefits of such regimens are clear to see in the improving mortality statistics for this breast cancer. However, such protocols may not appropriate for all women. Older women (over 70 years) have increasing rates of co-morbidities, reduced life expectancy and generally have more favourable breast cancer disease biology. Competing causes of death mean that they are less likely to die of their breast cancer, stage for stage, than a younger woman. In addition, their tolerance to some of the therapies is reduced which increases treatment related morbidity and reduces the risk to benefit ratio. It may therefore be appropriate to modify treatment protocols in selected older women. This should be done in consultation with the multi-disciplinary team with input from specialists in Medicine for the Elderly. The views and wishes of the patient should be respected during these discussions. This article reviews these issues. |
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Authors:
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Lynda Wyld; Malcolm Reed |
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Type: Journal Article; Review Date: 2007-09-29 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) Volume: 43 ISSN: 0959-8049 ISO Abbreviation: Eur. J. Cancer Publication Date: 2007 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-10-15 Completed Date: 2007-12-31 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9005373 Medline TA: Eur J Cancer Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2253-63 Citation Subset: IM |
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Academic Unit of Surgical Oncology, University of Sheffield, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, United Kingdom. |
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Aged Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia / methods Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / therapeutic use Axilla Breast Neoplasms / mortality, surgery* Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Lymph Node Excision / methods Lymphatic Metastasis / radiotherapy Mammaplasty / methods Middle Aged Patient Satisfaction Postoperative Complications / etiology Survival Analysis Time Factors |
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0/Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal |
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