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2921470

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
Newly diagnosed breast cancer patients (N = 494) aged 45-90 years were studied to determine if age was associated with appropriate diagnostic and prognostic evaluations, and initial definitive therapy. Women 75 years of age and older were less likely to receive an appropriate diagnostic evaluation than were younger women, but age was not associated with an appropriate prognostic evaluation. Older patients with local disease who were undergoing lumpectomy were less likely to receive follow-up radiation; older patients with regional disease undergoing mastectomy were less likely to receive adjuvant chemotherapy (including hormonal therapy). Physicians' attitudes about appropriateness of therapy appear to be the major determinant of what treatment is received.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0022-1422
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
M46-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Age as a predictor of diagnostic and initial treatment intensity in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Brown University Program in Medicine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.