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Is guideline-adherent adjuvant treatment an equivalent option for elderly patients who cannot participate in adjuvant clinical breast cancer trials? A retrospective multicenter cohort study of 4,142 patients

Authors :
Rolf Kreienberg
Jochem König
Reyn van Ewijk
Achim Wöckel
Wolfgang Janni
Maria Blettner
T Gundelach
Lukas Schwentner
Source :
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 32:1063-1063
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), 2014.

Abstract

1063 Background: It is well accepted that innovation in oncology is transported through randomized clinical trials (CT). However, elderly patients (>65) are usually excluded from CT. Therefore this...

Details

ISSN :
15277755 and 0732183X
Volume :
32
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of Clinical Oncology
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........a0b89bb326ad5b47de9350d6dc2e5f4f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2014.32.15_suppl.1063