Executive summary Women interact with cancer in complex ways, as healthy individuals
participating in cancer prevention and screening activities, as individuals living with and …

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, with the incidence rising substantially
with age. Older women are a vulnerable population at increased risk of developing and …

Background There is growing evidence that breast cancer survivors have higher
cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality relative to the general population. Information on …

Importance Frailty is a measure of decreased physiological reserve that is associated with
morbidity and mortality in major elective and emergency general surgery operations …

OBJECTIVE: To examine relative survival (a metric that incorporates changes in survival
within a population) in women with ovarian cancer from 1975 to 2011. METHODS: Women …

Objective: To assess cause-specific mortality in women treated for ductal carcinoma in situ
(DCIS). Background: From screening and treatment perspective, it is relevant to weigh the …

Purpose Breast cancer patients aged 65+(“older”) vary in frailty status. We tested whether a
deficits accumulation frailty index predicted long-term mortality. Methods Older patients (n …

Purpose Despite increasing awareness of accrual challenges, it is unknown if accrual of
older patients to breast cancer treatment trials is improving. Methods We examined accrual …

Purpose IBM Watson for Oncology (WFO) is a clinical decision-support computing system
that provides oncologists with evidence-based treatment recommendations for a variety of …

BACKGROUND Although breast cancer often is perceived to be indolent in older women,
breast cancer outcomes in the oldest patients are variable. In the current study, the authors …