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Older age may be obstacle to cancer referral, treatment: underrepresented in trials.(Gynecology)
CHICAGO -- A patient's older age is a handicap when it comes to cancer treatment, referrals, and clinical research, according to findings presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
In a study of disease features and treatment choices among nearly 3,000 postmenopausal women with invasive breast cancer, women older than 75 years were offered chemotherapy significantly less often than those between the ages of 50 and 75, despite having disease that is more likely to metastasize.
This apparent age bias is particularly sobering in light of a separate study that included almost 6,500 node-positive breast cancer patients ...
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