Outcomes After Mastectomy and Lumpectomy in Elderly Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Survival in elderly patients undergoing mastectomy or lumpectomy has not been specifically analyzed.

Methods

Patients older than 70 years of age with clinical stage I invasive breast cancer, undergoing mastectomy or lumpectomy with or without radiation, and surveyed within 3 years of their diagnosis, were identified from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results and medicare health outcomes survey-linked dataset. The primary endpoint was breast cancer-specific survival (CSS).

Results

Of 1784 patients, 596 (33.4 %) underwent mastectomy, 918 (51.4 %) underwent lumpectomy with radiation, and 270 (15.1 %) underwent lumpectomy alone. Significant differences were noted in age, tumor size, American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage, lymph node status

SUBMITTER: Mogal HD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7064811 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature