Patient and tumour characteristics, management, and age-specific survival in women with breast cancer in the East of England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer relative survival (BCRS), which compares the observed survival of women with breast cancer with the expected survival of women for the whole population of the same age, time period, and geographical region, tends to be poorer in older women, but the reasons for this are not clear. We examined the influence of patient and tumour characteristics, and treatment on BCRS to see whether these could explain the age-specific effect.

Methods

Data for 14,048 female breast cancer patients diagnosed from 1999 to 2007, aged 50 years or over were obtained from the Eastern Cancer Registration and Information Centre. We estimated relative 5- and 10-year survival for patients in four age groups (50-69, 70-74, 75-79, and 80+ years). We also modelled relative excess mo

SUBMITTER: Ali AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3049594 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature