1996
DOI: 10.1007/bf01806004
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Variation in staging and treatment of local and regional breast cancer in the elderly

Abstract: Younger age was most consistently associated with staging and the use of chemotherapy in this cohort of elderly breast cancer patients. Based on the reported initial treatment plan, hormonal therapy was infrequently used and information from axillary lymph node assessment was used to stratify treatment. Although the low use of adjuvant hormonal therapy in elderly women may compromise survival, neither comorbid nor socioeconomic factors as measured in this study explained this practice pattern.

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“…25 While these investigators did confirm a socioeconomic gradient, other investigators have failed to demonstrate an association. 22,[26][27][28] This disparity may be explained by investigators' use of different measures and classifications of socioeconomic position. In our study, we assigned each subject the median education and income level for men of the same ethnicity in his county of residence.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…25 While these investigators did confirm a socioeconomic gradient, other investigators have failed to demonstrate an association. 22,[26][27][28] This disparity may be explained by investigators' use of different measures and classifications of socioeconomic position. In our study, we assigned each subject the median education and income level for men of the same ethnicity in his county of residence.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The lower age limit was set at 50 years to exclude women unlikely to be prescribed aspirin. Women over the age of 80 years were excluded as they are less likely to receive definitive breast cancer staging or treatment (17). Women were also excluded if they had a prior invasive cancer other than nonmelanoma skin cancer or if their cancer diagnosis was made at the time of death.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Nos estados norteamericanos de Minnesota e Michigan os percentuais de tumores in situ correspondem, respectivamente, a 16,3% e 20,1% de todos os casos, enquanto a casuís-tica do SM São Carlos mostra apenas 6,6% 19,20 . No estado norte-americano de Rhode Island, um exemplo de população com bom programa de rastreamento, o percentual de tumores em estadio I foi de 41% de todos os tumores invasivos vs. 27% no SM São Macchetti AH http://www.fmrp.usp.br/revista nas pacientes idosas, mas o rastreamento mamográfi-co regular é capaz de eliminar as disparidades quanto ao tamanho e estadio do câncer de mama entre os grupos etários 8,9,11,26,27 . Esta associação não foi encontrada com a utilização do sistema SEER, isto pode decorrer de dificuldades que surgem quando comparamos a distribuição dos casos de câncer de mama com relação ao estadio entre os dois diferentes sistemas de estadiamento utilizados, o TNM e o SEER do Instituto Nacional do Câncer dos Estados Unidos da América.…”
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