Breast Cancer

Doctors surprised that older women patients can tolerate powerful treatment

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 14th, 2002

Oncologists may be anxious about treating older women with breast cancer in the same way that they would treat younger patients, but research conducted at the Institute Paoli Calmettes in Marseilles, France, has shown that older patients can tolerate powerful medication too.

Speaking at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Nice, France, Dr. Anne Chantal Braud called for a standardization in the treatment of the elderly. Braud and her team examined the effects of surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and hormone therapy in 179 women over the age of 70 years. The treatment is usually influenced by the physician's choice and patient's age instead of...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2002-11-14)

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