Using ePrognosis to estimate 2-year all-cause mortality in older women with breast cancer: Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 49907 and 369901 (Alliance A151503)
Kimmick GG, Major B, Clapp J, Sloan J, Pitcher B, Ballman K, Barginear M, Freedman RA, Artz A, Klepin HD, Lafky JM, Hopkins J, Winer E, Hudis C, Muss H, Cohen H, Jatoi A, Hurria A, Mandelblatt J. Using ePrognosis to estimate 2-year all-cause mortality in older women with breast cancer: Cancer and Leukemia Group B (CALGB) 49907 and 369901 (Alliance A151503). Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2017, 163: 391-398. PMID: 28283904, PMCID: PMC5508575, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-017-4188-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMortality rateBreast cancerNon-cancer mortality risksOlder breast cancer patientsStage I-IIA diseaseTwo-year mortality rateAdjuvant therapy decisionsResultsPatients' mean ageCooperative group studiesKaplan-Meier methodOverall survival estimatesBreast cancer patientsAvailable clinical informationCommunity-dwelling eldersObserved mortality rateBreast Cancer StudyAdjuvant therapyCause mortalityMost patientsOlder patientsBetter prognosisWorse prognosisPoor prognosisTrial populationMean age