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Breast Cancer
Older women can benefit from chemotherapy
March 24th, 2005
Age alone should not prohibit the use of chemotherapy regimens in older women with breast cancer who are otherwise in good general health, according to a study in the March 2, 2005, issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. "The incidence of breast cancer increases with increasing age, and almost half of all new breast cancers in the United States occur in women 65 years of age or older," the authors note in background information in the article (JAMA, 2005;293:1073-1081). "Systemic adjuvant [secondary treatment] chemotherapy in women with early-stage breast cancer significantly improves both relapse-free and overall survival in women aged 50 to...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-03-24)
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