Clinical Study
Breast Cancer Treatment Practices in Elderly Women in a Community Hospital
Table 3
Indications for adjuvant therapy and rates of treatment (1989–1999).
| | Indication | Age | Total | value | | 70–74 | 75–79 | ≥80 |
| | Positive lymph nodes, number | 40 | 25 | 31 | 96 |
NA |
| | Received chemotherapy, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | Yes | 22 (55) | 12 (48) | 11 (35) | 45 (47) | | No | 18 (45) | 13 (52) | 20 (64) | 51 (53) |
| | Positive margins of resection, number | 47 | 27 | 44 | 113 |
NA |
| | Received radiation therapy, number (%) | | | | |
S | | Yes | 42 (89) | 21 (78) | 30 (68) | 98 (87) | | No | 5 (11) | 6 (22) | 14 (32) | 25 (13) |
| | Progesterone receptor positive, number (%) | 63 (42) | 32 (32) | 45 (32) | 140 |
NA |
| | Estrogen receptor positive, number (%) | 69 (46) | 44 (43) | 58 (41) | 171 |
NA |
| | Received hormonal therapy, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | Yes | 58 (84) | 38 (86) | 52 (90) | 148 (86) | | No | 11 (16) | 6 (14) | 6 (10) | 23 (14) |
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Abbreviation: NA: not applicable; NS: not significant; S: significant.
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