2018
Breast cancer‐specific survival by age: Worse outcomes for the oldest patients
Freedman RA, Keating NL, Lin NU, Winer EP, Vaz‐Luis I, Lii J, Exman P, Barry WT. Breast cancer‐specific survival by age: Worse outcomes for the oldest patients. Cancer 2018, 124: 2184-2191. PMID: 29499074, PMCID: PMC5935594, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.31308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer-specific deathCancer-specific deathTriple-negative diseaseHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Epidermal growth factor receptor 2Growth factor receptor 2Breast cancer outcomesOlder patientsFactor receptor 2Breast cancerCancer outcomesReceptor 2Disease subtypesWorse breast cancer outcomesHR-positive diseaseCancer stage IEnd Results (SEER) dataAmerican Joint CommitteePopulation-based cohortStage of diseaseGray regression modelsAdjusted hazardClinical variablesDisease stageHigh risk
2017
Frailty and long-term mortality of older breast cancer patients: CALGB 369901 (Alliance)
Mandelblatt JS, Cai L, Luta G, Kimmick G, Clapp J, Isaacs C, Pitcher B, Barry W, Winer E, Sugarman S, Hudis C, Muss H, Cohen HJ, Hurria A. Frailty and long-term mortality of older breast cancer patients: CALGB 369901 (Alliance). Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2017, 164: 107-117. PMID: 28364214, PMCID: PMC5479131, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-017-4222-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOlder breast cancer patientsLong-term mortalityBreast cancer patientsCancer patientsHormonal therapyRobust patientsFrailty indexBreast cancer-specific mortalityDeficit-accumulation frailty indexAbsolute mortality differencePurposeBreast cancer patientsAdjusted hazard ratioCancer-specific mortalityBreast cancer deathsInvasive breast cancerBreast cancer mortalityAdjusted hazardFrailty categoriesCause mortalityFrail patientsMore chemotherapyFrailty statusHazard ratioOlder patientsClinical factors