Data on breast cancer therapy reported by investigators at Boston University, Evans Biomedical Research Center

Research findings, "Effect of undertreatment on the disparity in age-related breast cancer-specific survival among older women," are discussed in a new report. "Assess the relationship between age and breast cancer-specific survival among older women and determine whether the observed age-related disparities in survival is explained by differences in breast cancer treatments received. Women >or=65 years old at diagnosis with stage I-IIIA breast cancer diagnosed between 1997 and 1998 were recruited from four regions of the United States and followed prospectively for 5 years after diagnosis," investigators in the United States report.

"Data was obtained from tumor...

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