Zhonghua zhong liu za zhi [Chinese journal of oncology]
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Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi · May 2014
[Treatment patterns and affecting factors in breast cancer patients over 65-years of age].
To explore different therapies and affecting factors in breast cancer patients ≥ 65 years old. ⋯ Breast cancer in the elderly patients receive similar surgery and endocrine therapy, but the elderly patients are less likely to have chemotherapy and radiotherapy, due to age, PR expression, pathological types, surgical patterns and comorbidity. Only age contributes to the lower 3-year overall survival rate in >74-year old patients.