Adjuvant Radiotherapy Is Associated with an Increase in the Survival of Old (Aged over 80 Years) and Very Old (Aged over 90 Years) Women with Breast Cancer Receiving Breast-Conserving Surgery

Adjuvant Radiotherapy Is Associated with an Increase in the Survival of Old (Aged over 80 Years) and Very Old (Aged over 90 Years) Women with Breast Cancer Receiving Breast-Conserving Surgery

This study is the first to examine the effect of adjuvant whole-breast radiotherapy (WBRT) on oncologic outcomes such as all-cause death, locoregional recurrence (LRR), and distant metastasis (DM) in old (aged ≥80 years) and very old (aged ≥90 years) women with breast invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC)...

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Main Authors: Chung-Chien Huang, Chia-Lun Chang, Mingyang Sun, Ming-Feng Chiang, Shao-Yin Sum, Jiaqiang Zhang, Szu-Yuan Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Journal of Personalized Medicine
Subjects:
breast cancer
old age
breast-conserving surgery
radiotherapy
survival
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/12/2/287

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