Journal article
A population-based study of treatment patterns, 10-year recurrence and breast cancer-specific mortality in a cohort of elderly patients with breast cancer
Abstract
BACKGROUND: We compared disease characteristics, therapies offered and received, and outcomes between older (>75 years) and younger (60-75 years) women with breast cancer (BC) from a regional database in Ontario, Canada.
METHODS: BC surgical cases from 12 hospitals were included. Younger (60-75 years) and older (>75 years) groups were compared. Cox proportional hazards regression with competing risk analyses assessed the relationship between …
Authors
Samman S; Cornacchi SD; Foster G; Thabane L; Thomson S; Lovrics O; Martin S; Lovrics PJ
Journal
The American Journal of Surgery, Vol. 222, No. 2, pp. 361–367
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
8 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2020.12.029
ISSN
0002-9610