A nomogram for predicting breast cancer specific survival in elderly patients with breast cancer: a SEER population-based analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The number of elderly patients diagnosed with breast cancer is increasing worldwide. However, treatment decisions for these patients are highly variable. Although researchers have identified the effects of surgery, radiotherapy, endocrine therapy, and chemotherapy in elderly patients with breast cancer, clinicians still struggle to make appropriate decisions for these patients.

Methods

We identified 75,525 female breast cancer patients aged ≥ 70 years in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database treated between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2016. The patients were further divided into training and testing cohorts. The cumulative occurrence of breast cancer-specific deaths (BCSDs) and other cause-specific deaths (OCSD) was calculated using

SUBMITTER: Yang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10518930 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature