Open AccessBreast conservation or mastectomy: Treatment choice of women aged 70 years and older
Author(s) -
Sandison A. J. P.,
Gold D. M.,
Wright P.,
Jones P. A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.202
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1365-2168
pISSN - 0007-1323
DOI - 10.1002/bjs.1800830736
Subject(s) - medicine , mastectomy , breast cancer , surgery , general surgery , cancer
Fifty women aged 70 years and older with newly diagnosed carcinoma of the breast were prospectively studied after being offered a choice of four treatment options. Thirty‐four of 38 patients who chose their own treatment had breast conservation; four opted for mastectomy. At 12‐month follow‐up only two women were unhappy with their choice of treatment. It is concluded that elderly women should be involved in deciding the treatment of their breast cancer.