Adjuvant breast radiotherapy outcome in older women: A Malaysian experience

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2022

Abstract

Adjuvant breast radiotherapy is offered to patients with localized breast cancer. We performed a retrospective review of older women receiving adjuvant breast radiotherapy in University Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia (UMMC) in 2014. Out of 191 women, 23 (43) were 60 years old and above. At a median follow up of 6.6 years, 4.6 (2) had local recurrence and 19 (8) distant metastasis. In a subgroup of low risk older patients with hormone-sensitive, HER2 negative, T1N0 disease, all (3/43) are still alive with no local recurrence. We propose further research for treatment de-escalation in low risk elderly patients. © 2022, Malaysian Medical Association. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Aged, Breast, Breast neoplasms, Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, Female, Humans, Malaysia, Middle aged, Neoplasm recurrence, Local, Neoplasm staging, Retrospective studies, Treatment outcome, Ki 67 antigen

Publication Title

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Divisions

fac_med,Faculty_of_Business_and_Accountancy

Funders

None

Volume

77

Issue

1

Publisher

Malaysian Medical Association

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