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University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Study shows chemotherapy improves survival among older breast cancer patients
May 28th, 2009
The average age of a woman diagnosed with breast cancer is 63, so it is critical to have effective proven, therapies for an older patient population. But older women with breast cancer are underrepresented in clinic trials, so there is little data on the effects of chemotherapy used in addition to other therapies such as surgery. A new study, published in the May 14 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, shows that chemotherapy in addition to the surgery or surgery and radiation improves survival among older women. The study was conducted with 600 women through the Cancer and Leukemia Group B of the National Cancer Institute's Clinical Trials...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-05-28)
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