Paula Cabrera-Galeana, Enrique Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Nancy Reynoso-Noverón, Cynthia Villarreal-Garza, Claudia Arce-Salinas, Juan Matus-Santos, María Teresa Ramírez-Ugalde, Alberto Alvarado-Miranda, Abelardo Meneses-García, Fernando Lara-Medina, Juan Torres-Dominguez, Enrique Bargalló-Rocha, Alejandro Mohar
INTRODUCTION: Although the epidemiology of breast cancer in older women has been widely described before, little is known about the clinical characteristics and prognosis of older patients living in developing countries. Here, we studied older women with breast cancer treated at a public cancer center in Mexico City, and compared their outcomes with their younger counterparts. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed a database of 5488 women treated for breast cancer at a single institution...
April 21, 2018: Journal of Geriatric Oncology