Treatment of breast cancer in the elderly: a prospective, population-based Swiss study

Joerger, M; Thürlimann, B; Savidan, A; Frick, H; Rageth, C; Lütolf, U; Vlastos, Georges; Bouchardy Magnin, Christine; Konzelmann, I; Bordoni, A; Probst-Hensch, N; Jundt, G; Ess, S

doi:10.1016/j.jgo.2012.08.002

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Treatment of breast cancer in the elderly: a prospective, population-based Swiss study

ContributorsJoerger, M; Thürlimann, B; Savidan, A; Frick, H; Rageth, C; Lütolf, U; Vlastos, Georges; Bouchardy Magnin, Christine; Konzelmann, I; Bordoni, A; Probst-Hensch, N; Jundt, G; Ess, S

Published inJournal of geriatric oncology, vol. 4, no. 1, p. 39-47

Publication date2013

Abstract

The primary objective of this population-based study is to describe the patterns of care of elderly patients with breast cancer (BC), and evaluate potential causative factors for the decrease in BC-specific survival (BCSS) in the elderly.

Keywords

Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Breast Neoplasms/mortality/therapy
Early Detection of Cancer
Female
Humans
Neoadjuvant Therapy/mortality
Prospective Studies
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
Switzerland/epidemiology

Affiliation

Research group

Groupe Bouchardy Magnin Christine (Registre genevois des tumeurs) (532)

Citation (ISO format)

JOERGER, M et al. Treatment of breast cancer in the elderly: a prospective, population-based Swiss study. In: Journal of geriatric oncology, 2013, vol. 4, n° 1, p. 39–47. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2012.08.002

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Identifiers

PID : unige:43652
DOI : 10.1016/j.jgo.2012.08.002
PMID : 24071491

ISSN of the journal1879-4068

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Treatment of breast cancer in the elderly: a prospective, population-based Swiss study

The primary objective of this population-based study is to describe the patterns of care of elderly patients with breast cancer (BC), and evaluate potential causative factors for the decrease in BC-specific survival (BCSS) in the elderly.

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