Breast Cancer in Geriatric Patients: Current Landscape and Future Prospects.

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among women worldwide and more than half are diagnosed above the age of 60 years. Life expectancy is increasing and the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed among older women are expected to increase. Undertreatment, mostly due to unjustifiable fears of advanced-age and associated comorbidities, is commonly practiced in this group of patients who are under-represented in clinical trials and their management is not properly addressed in clinical practice guidelines. With modern surgery and anesthesia, breast surgeries are considered safe and is usually associated with very low complication rates, regardless of extent of surgery. However, oncoplastic surgery and management of the axilla can be tailored based on patients'- and disease-relat

SUBMITTER: Abdel-Razeq H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9527811 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature