Tumor characteristics and treatment outcomes of older patients with breast cancer in Jordan.

Hikmat Abdel-RazeqFadwa Abdel RahmanHanan AlmasriHazem AbdulelahMahmoud AbunasserMourad SalamAyat Taqash

Published in: BMC women's health (2020)

Older Jordanian patients with breast cancer present with more aggressive features and advanced-stage disease that reflect poorly on treatment outcomes. Older patients were treated less aggressively with less than a third received any chemotherapy.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
middle aged
physical activity
locally advanced
squamous cell carcinoma