Octogenarians’ Breast Cancer Is Associated with an Unfavorable Tumor Immune Microenvironment and Worse Disease-Free Survival
Elderly patients are known to have a worse prognosis for breast cancer. This is commonly blamed on their medical comorbidities and access to care. However, in addition to these social issues, we hypothesized that the extreme elderly (octogenarians—patients over 80 years old) have biologically worse...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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Series: | Cancers |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/13/12/2933 |