Long-term Patient-Reported Outcomes in Older Breast Cancer Survivors: A Population-Based Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

For older women with breast cancer, local therapy options may include lumpectomy plus whole-breast irradiation (Lump + WBI), lumpectomy plus brachytherapy (Lump + Brachy), lumpectomy alone (Lump alone), mastectomy without radiation therapy (Mast alone), and mastectomy plus radiation therapy (Mast + RT). We surveyed a population-based cohort of older breast cancer survivors to assess the association of local therapy with long-term quality-of-life outcomes.

Methods and materials

We used nationally comprehensive Medicare claims to identify women aged ≥67 years in whom nonmetastatic breast cancer was diagnosed in 2009, who were treated with 1 of the 5 aforementioned treatment options, and who were still alive in 2015. From this cohort, 1650 patients (330 patients per tre

SUBMITTER: Swanick CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5842799 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature