Mortality impact of less-than-standard therapy in older breast cancer patients

The purpose of this study was to compare the rates of all-cause and breast cancer-specific mortality after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) only, BCS plus radiation therapy (RT), mastectomy, and the receipt of adjuvant tamoxifen in a large population-based cohort of older women with early-stage disea...

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Published in:	Journal of the American College of Surgeons Vol. 206; no. 1; p. 66
Main Authors:	Yood, Marianne Ulcickas, Owusu, Cynthia, Buist, Diana S M, Geiger, Ann M, Field, Terry S, Thwin, Soe Soe, Lash, Timothy L, Prout, Marianne N, Wei, Feifei, Quinn, Virginia P, Frost, Floyd J, Silliman, Rebecca A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.01.2008
Subjects:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal - therapeutic use Breast Neoplasms - mortality Breast Neoplasms - pathology Breast Neoplasms - therapy Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Mastectomy - methods Neoplasm Staging Proportional Hazards Models Radiotherapy, Adjuvant - methods Retrospective Studies Survival Rate - trends Tamoxifen - therapeutic use Treatment Outcome United States - epidemiology United States
ISSN:	1879-1190, 1879-1190
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