The impact of geriatric characteristics and comorbidities on distant metastases and other cause mortality in older women with non-metastatic breast cancer treated with primary endocrine therapy.
M E C WaaijerA A LemijA Z de BoerE BastiaannetF van den BosM G M DerksJ R KroepG J LiefersJ E A PortieljeNienke A de GlasPublished in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2023)
This study shows that the cumulative incidence of distant metastasis is much lower than other cause mortality in older women with breast cancer treated with PET, especially in the presence of geriatric characteristics or comorbidities. This confirms the importance of assessment of geriatric characteristics to aid counseling of older women.