TY - JOUR
T1 - A retrospective comparison of detection and treatment of breast cancer in young and elderly patients
AU - Repetto, L.
AU - Costantini, M.
AU - Campora, E.
AU - Amoroso, D.
AU - Gianni, W.
AU - Catturich, A.
AU - Vecchio, C.
AU - Simoni, C.
AU - Marigliano, V.
AU - Rosso, R.
AU - Santi, L.
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The medical records of all women (297 cases) with breast cancer ≤ 70 years of age, presenting at our Institute from January 1980 to December 1989, were reviewed. Data from 226 elderly women was compared to that from 100 stage-matched patients ≤ 50 years of age, presenting during the same 10-year study interval. Conservative surgery was significantly more frequent in young patients (71.1%) compared to elderly women (26.1%) and radical mastectomy according to Halsted was undertaken in 34.3% of the elderly group compared to 8.9% of young patients (p <0.001). Since 'incidental' diagnosis was significantly more frequent in the elderly group (59.9% versus 6.0%) (p <0.001), primary care physicians may play an important role in the early diagnosis of breast cancer in the majority of elderly women.
AB - The medical records of all women (297 cases) with breast cancer ≤ 70 years of age, presenting at our Institute from January 1980 to December 1989, were reviewed. Data from 226 elderly women was compared to that from 100 stage-matched patients ≤ 50 years of age, presenting during the same 10-year study interval. Conservative surgery was significantly more frequent in young patients (71.1%) compared to elderly women (26.1%) and radical mastectomy according to Halsted was undertaken in 34.3% of the elderly group compared to 8.9% of young patients (p <0.001). Since 'incidental' diagnosis was significantly more frequent in the elderly group (59.9% versus 6.0%) (p <0.001), primary care physicians may play an important role in the early diagnosis of breast cancer in the majority of elderly women.
KW - Age-related treatment
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Elderly cancer patients
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1005784208787
DO - 10.1023/A:1005784208787
M3 - Article
C2 - 9065596
AN - SCOPUS:8044250302
VL - 43
SP - 27
EP - 31
JO - Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
JF - Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
SN - 0167-6806
IS - 1
ER -