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Management of breast cancer in the elderly
Author(s) -
MAHER M.,
DREYFUS H.,
CAMPANA F.,
SCHLIENGER P.,
VILCOQ J.V.R.,
FOURQUET A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2354.1995.tb00060.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , modality (human–computer interaction) , treatment modality , cancer , oncology , general surgery , gynecology , human–computer interaction , computer science
This paper examines data which has been published on breast cancer in the elderly and concludes that, wherever possible, combined modality treatment should be offered to elderly breast cancer patients. It appears from an examination of the literature that single modality treatment in the form of hormone treatment often results in very high rates of loco‐regional recurrence.