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What kind of treatment should woman 87 years of age have with breast cancer?
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IT DEPENDS: If you are otherwise very healthy and expect to live another 10 or more years , you could say that the treatment should be the same as for a younger patient (except maybe avoiding adjuvent chemotherapy for node negative disease , esp if hormone sensitive). If you are an infirmed 87 yo treatment should be more individualized so as not to harm you and lower your life expectancy.
Answered 1/11/2015
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