Use and Outcomes of Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older Women With Breast Cancer

2006326 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Sharon H. Giordano · The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Zhigang Duan · The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Yong‐Fang Kuo · The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Gabriel N. Hortobágyi · The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

James S. Goodwin · The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Abstract

In this observational cohort, chemotherapy was associated with a significant reduction in mortality among older women with ER-negative, LN-positive breast cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Breast Lesions and Carcinomas

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 24, Issue 18, pp. 2750-2756

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2005.02.3028

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