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Adjuvant chemotherapy in elderly patients with primary breast cancer: are women ≥65 undertreated?

To establish whether women over 65 years of age with newly diagnosed with breast cancer (BC) receive adjuvant chemotherapy less frequently than younger postmenopausal women and whether comorbidity influences this potential undertreatment.

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Main Authors: Wallwiener, Christian Wilhelm (Author) , Hartkopf, A. D. (Author) , Grabe, E. (Author) , Wallwiener, Markus (Author) , Taran, F.-A. (Author) , Fehm, T. (Author) , Brucker, S. Y. (Author) , Krämer, B. (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 27 June 2016
In: Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology
Year: 2016, Volume: 142, Issue: 8, Pages: 1847-1853
ISSN:1432-1335
DOI:10.1007/s00432-016-2194-4
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00432-016-2194-4
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Author Notes:C. W. Wallwiener, A. D. Hartkopf, E. Grabe, M. Wallwiener, F.-A. Taran, T. Fehm, S. Y. Brucker, B. Krämer
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Summary:To establish whether women over 65 years of age with newly diagnosed with breast cancer (BC) receive adjuvant chemotherapy less frequently than younger postmenopausal women and whether comorbidity influences this potential undertreatment.
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ISSN:1432-1335
DOI:10.1007/s00432-016-2194-4

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