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Breast Cancer Treatment
Adjuvant chemotherapy is not associated with improved survival in women aged 70
December 1st, 2005
Adjuvant chemotherapy is not associated with improved survival in women aged 70 with breast cancer. "Randomized clinical trials have shown the efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy in treating node-positive operable breast cancer in women aged {{<=}}69 years, but the benefit of chemotherapy in women aged {{>=}}70 is questionable." Investigators in the United States conducted a study to examine "if adjuvant chemotherapy is effective for these women with breast cancer." X.L. Du and colleagues "studied a cohort of 5,464 women diagnosed with node-positive operable breast cancer at age {{>=}}65 in 1992 through 1996 with last follow-up of December 31,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-01)
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