Early stage breast cancer treatment and outcome of older patients treated in an oncogeriatric care and a standard care setting: an international comparison.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Since older patients with breast cancer are underrepresented in clinical trials, an oncogeriatric approach is advocated to guide treatment decisions. However, the effect on outcomes is unclear. The aim of this study was to compare treatments and outcomes between patients treated in an oncogeriatric and a standard care setting.

Methods

Patients aged ≥ 70 years with early stage breast cancer were included. The oncogeriatric cohort comprised unselected patients from the Moffitt Cancer Center, and the standard cohort patients from a Dutch population-based cohort. Cox models were used to characterize the influence of care setting on recurrence risk and overall mortality.

Results

Overall, 268 patients were included in the oncogeriatric and 1932 patients in the

SUBMITTER: de Boer AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7599178 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature