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Causes for the undertreatment of elderly breast cancer patients: tailoring treatments to individual patients.
J Am Coll Surg
January 2002
Department of Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital and the Josephine Ford Cancer Center, Detroit, MI 48202-2689, USA.
Background: Ageism has been suggested as a cause for the undertreatment of elderly breast cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the rate and causes of elderly patients not receiving standard therapy.
Study Design: A random sample of 500 patients was reviewed for age, cancer stage, surgical, radiation, cytotoxic or hormonal chemotherapy, number and type of comorbidities, type of therapeutic deficiencies, and their causes.