Tag: oldAge

Articles

• Latest research concerning breast cancer in old age
• Latest research concerning triple negative breast cancer prognosis
• Latest research on chemo brain after breast cancer treatment
• Male breast cancer characteristics, treatment and prognosis
• Triple negative breast cancer prognosis according to age at diagnosis

News

• African-Americans receiving less optimal treatment for early-stage breast cancer
• Age and breast cancer subtype influence prognosis after lumpectomy
• BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers have increasing risks of breast and ovarian cancers into old age
• Breast cancer in old age
• Breast cancer recurrence after five or 10 years
• Breast cancer survivors should have careful follow-up regardless of BC type
• DCIS incidence has increased in recent years
• Degree of chemo brain appears to be influenced by age and cognitive reserve
• Delay in radiation treatment for breast cancer increases risk of local recurrence
• Does chemotherapy for breast cancer result in dementia in later years?
• Elderly breast cancer patients have good outcomes with appropriate treatment
• Even three alcoholic drinks per week increases risk of breast cancer
• Male breast cancer survival is influenced by age, tumor size, ER status and lymph node involvement
• Norway and UK survival differences show need for swift and appropriate treatment
• Old women tend to have less aggressive breast cancer and are given less treatment
• Positive lymph nodes reduce breast cancer survival, especially among old women
• Postmenopausal women diagnosed with breast cancer should have MRI of the other breast
• Recent improvements in breast cancer survival do not extend to old women
• Some older women with early stage breast cancer do well without surgery
• Strongly estrogen positive lobular breast cancer responds well to neoadjuvant Femara
• Survival after local recurrence is higher in women originally diagnosed under 50 years of age

Studies

• A randomised trial of primary tamoxifen versus mastectomy plus adjuvant tamoxifen in fit elderly women with invasive breast carcinoma of high oestrogen receptor content: long-term results at 20 years of follow-up
• Accuracy of screening mammography in older women
• Adjuvant trastuzumab in elderly with HER-2 positive breast cancer: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
• Age and Axillary Lymph Node Ratio in Postmenopausal Women with T1-T2 Node Positive Breast Cancer
• Age, Breast Cancer Subtype Approximation, and Local Recurrence After Breast-Conserving Therapy
• Age, Comorbidity, and Breast Cancer Severity: Impact on Receipt of Definitive Local Therapy and Rate of Recurrence among Older Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
• Aromatase Inhibitors as Solely Treatment in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients
• Assessing the Impact of a Cooperative Group Trial on Breast Cancer Care in the Medicare Population
• Association Between Age at Diagnosis and Disease-Specific Mortality Among Postmenopausal Women With Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
• Breast cancer in elderly women (at least 80 years): variation in standard of care?
• Breast cancer in the very elderly: Staging, treatment, and outcomes in patients over age 80
• Breast Cancer Reconstruction in the Elderly
• Breast Cancer Recurrence in Older Women Five to Ten Years after Diagnosis
• Breast cancer survival: The association of age within stage of disease
• Cancer linked to Alzheimer disease but not vascular dementia
• Characteristics Associated with the Initiation of Radiation Therapy after Breast-Conserving Surgery among African American and White Women Diagnosed with Early-Stage Breast Cancer in Maryland, 2000-2006
• Characteristics of triple-negative metastatic breast cancer among older adults: A population-based analysis
• Chocolate consumption and bone density in older women
• Clinical outcome of triple-negative primary breast cancer in older women: Comparison with their younger counterparts
• Delays in Primary Surgical Treatment Are Not Associated with Significant Tumor Size Progression in Breast Cancer Patients
• Diabetes and Obesity Increase Risk for Breast Cancer Development
• Diagnosis of second breast cancer events after initial diagnosis of early stage breast cancer
• Dietary patterns and survival in older Dutch women
• Do younger women with early breast cancer have a higher recurrence risk?
• Does primary breast cancer in older women (≥80 years) have unfavorable histological characteristics?
• Early operable breast cancer in elderly women treated with an aromatase inhibitor letrozole as sole therapy
• Early operable primary breast cancer in elderly (over 70) women: Are they biologically different from their younger counterparts?
• Endocrine therapy use among elderly hormone receptor-positive breast cancer patients enrolled in Medicare Part D
• Hormone Treatment without Surgery for Patients Aged 75 Years or Older with Operable Breast Cancer
• Impact of age, comorbidity and symptoms on physical function in long-term breast cancer survivors (CALGB 70803)
• Impact of interval from breast conserving surgery to radiotherapy on local recurrence in older women with breast cancer: retrospective cohort analysis
• Improvement in Breast Cancer Outcomes Over Time: Are Older Women Missing Out?
• In Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer, Screening MRI of the Contralateral Breast Detects Mammographically Occult Cancer, Even in Elderly Women: The Mayo Clinic in Florida Experience
• Influence of comorbidities and age on risk of death without recurrence: a retrospective analysis of the Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination trial
• Invasive lobular breast cancer: subtypes and outcome
• Invasive lobular carcinoma: response to neoadjuvant letrozole therapy
• Left-handedness in relation to breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women
• Local Control, Toxicity, and Cosmesis in Women >70 Years Enrolled in the American Society of Breast Surgeons Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Registry Trial
• Local Recurrence after Breast Cancer Affects Specific Survival Differently according to Patient Age
• Long-term (37 years) clinical outcome of older women with early operable primary breast cancer managed in a dedicated clinic
• Long-term clinical outcome of oestrogen receptor-positive operable primary breast cancer in older women: a large series from a single centre
• Longitudinal Assessment of Cognitive Changes Associated With Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer: Impact of Age and Cognitive Reserve
• Male breast carcinoma in United States: Survival rate and determinants of prognosis
• Management of Operable Invasive Breast Cancer in Women Over the Age of 70: Long-Term Results of a Large-Scale Single-Institution Experience
• Moderate Alcohol Consumption During Adult Life, Drinking Patterns, and Breast Cancer Risk
• Mortality Rates Among Early-Stage Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Patients: A Population-Based Cohort Study in Denmark
• Partial Breast Brachytherapy Is Associated with Inferior Effectiveness and Increased Toxicity Compared with Whole Breast Irradiation in Older Patients
• Penetrance of breast cancer, ovarian cancer and contralateral breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 families: high cancer incidence at older age
• Predicting the risk of chemotherapy toxicity in older patients: The Chemotherapy Risk Assessment Scale for High-Age Patients (CRASH) score
• Predictors of timing of adjuvant chemotherapy in older women with hormone receptor-negative, stages II-III breast cancer
• Primary endocrine therapy for early operable primary breast cancer in elderly women: Survival analysis of a large series from a single institution
• Quantifying differences in breast cancer survival between England and Norway
• Racial disparities in the use of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery: A national Medicare study
• Radiation and survival in women over 70 with T1 N0 M0 ER-negative breast cancer from 1990 to 2007: A population-based analysis
• Relationship Between Chemotherapy Use and Cognitive Impairments in Older Women With Breast Cancer: Findings From a Large Population-Based Cohort
• Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and breast cancer mortality in women receiving tamoxifen: a population based cohort study
• Structural/organizational characteristics of health services partly explain racial variation in timeliness of radiation therapy among elderly breast cancer patients
• The Relationship between Alcohol Use and Risk of Breast Cancer by Histology and Hormone Receptor Status Among Women 65-79 Years of Age
• The relationship of mammographic density and age: implications for breast cancer screening
• Unnecessary Axillary Surgery for Patients With Node-Negative Breast Cancer Undergoing Total Mastectomy