2017
Surveillance Mammography in Older Patients With Breast Cancer—Can We Ever Stop?: A Review
Freedman RA, Keating NL, Partridge AH, Muss HB, Hurria A, Winer EP. Surveillance Mammography in Older Patients With Breast Cancer—Can We Ever Stop?: A Review. JAMA Oncology 2017, 3: 402-409. PMID: 27892991, PMCID: PMC5540165, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.3931.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer survivorsSurveillance mammographyAnticipated life expectancyOlder patientsBreast eventsBreast cancerCancer survivorsOlder survivorsHormonal therapyLife expectancyContralateral breast cancer riskOlder breast cancer survivorsAnnual surveillance mammographyIndividual riskPatient's individual riskCancer-related causesResidual breast tissueWomen 70 yearsBreast cancer riskBreast cancer screeningContralateral cancerMammographic surveillanceLocal therapyHealthy womenCancer screening
2004
Lumpectomy plus Tamoxifen with or without Irradiation in Women 70 Years of Age or Older with Early Breast Cancer
Hughes KS, Schnaper LA, Berry D, Cirrincione C, McCormick B, Shank B, Wheeler J, Champion LA, Smith TJ, Smith BL, Shapiro C, Muss HB, Winer E, Hudis C, Wood W, Sugarbaker D, Henderson IC, Norton L. Lumpectomy plus Tamoxifen with or without Irradiation in Women 70 Years of Age or Older with Early Breast Cancer. New England Journal Of Medicine 2004, 351: 971-977. PMID: 15342805, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa040587.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWomen 70 yearsEarly breast cancerBreast cancerOverall survivalRegional recurrenceDistant metastasisRadiation therapyEstrogen receptor-positive breast carcinomasFrequency of mastectomyClinical stage IPrimary end pointFive-year ratesRate of mastectomyPositive breast cancerYears of ageSignificant differencesAdjuvant therapyAdverse eventsSpecific survivalLocal recurrenceCosmetic resultsOnly significant differenceBreast carcinomaLumpectomyStage I