Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer
mortality in women worldwide. Elderly individuals make up a large part of the breast cancer …

The published literature comparing surgery, with or without adjuvant endocrine therapy, with
endocrine therapy alone in older women with operable breast cancer was systematically …

Purpose: No consensus exists on therapy of elderly cancer patients. Treatments are
influenced by unclear standards and are usually less aggressive. This study aims to …

BACKGROUND Aging remains one of the single greatest risk factors for the development of
new breast carcinoma. The aim of the study was to evaluate the relation between biologic …

Objective To assess the long-term safety of no axillary clearance in elderly patients with
breast cancer and nonpalpable axillary nodes. Background Lymph node evaluation in …

Background Several studies have evaluated the clinical effectiveness of endocrine therapy
alone in women aged 70 years or over and who are fit for surgery. Objectives To identify and …

Background To summarize data on long-term ipsilateral local recurrence (LR) and breast
cancer death rate (BCDR) for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who received …

Background Breast cancer has been considered a more indolent disease in the elderly, who
are less tolerant of aggressive therapy. This trial tested the hypothesis that tamoxifen without …

PURPOSE: To evaluate the feasibility of treating breast neoplasms with use of magnetic
resonance (MR) imaging–guided focused ultrasound (US) surgery. MATERIALS AND …

Breast cancer-specific mortality is static in older women despite having fallen in younger age
groups, possibly due to lack of screening and differences in treatment. This study compared …