Practical consensus recommendations regarding the management of hormone receptor positive early breast cancer in elderly women

Breast cancer is a leading cause of death among women, and its incidence increases with age. Currently the treatment of breast cancer in older patients is almost identical to their younger counterparts. This expert group used data from published literature, practical experience and opinion of a larg...

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Autores principales: Babu, Govind, Goel, A., Agarwal, S., Gupta, S., Kumar, P., Smruti, B. K., Goel, V., Sarangi, R., Gairola, M., Aggarwal, S., Parikh, Purvish M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5909289/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29721478
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sajc.sajc_117_18
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Sumario:Breast cancer is a leading cause of death among women, and its incidence increases with age. Currently the treatment of breast cancer in older patients is almost identical to their younger counterparts. This expert group used data from published literature, practical experience and opinion of a large group of academic oncologists to arrive at these practical consensus recommendations for the benefit of community oncologists regarding the management of early breast cancer specifically in elderly women.

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