Association of chemotherapy and comorbidities with overall survival in elderly patients with early breast cancer: a French population-based propensity score-matched analysis.

Pauline CorbauxCatherine TerretClaire CropetSylvie ChabaudChiara RussoChristelle FaureOlivier TredanThomas BachelotPierre Etienne Heudel

Published in: International journal of clinical oncology (2023)

Additional chemotherapy in elderly with early breast cancer is feasible and associated with overall survival benefit, supporting the importance of chemotherapy considerations in this population, and of avoiding undertreatment based on chronological age considerations alone.

Keyphrases

early breast cancer
locally advanced
squamous cell carcinoma
rectal cancer
chemotherapy induced
radiation therapy