Clinical Study
Breast Cancer Treatment Practices in Elderly Women in a Community Hospital
Table 1
Patient characteristics (1989–1999).
| | Characteristic | Age | Total | Value | | 70–74 | 75–79 | ≥80 |
| | Patients, number (%) | 151 (38) | 101 (27) | 141 (36) | 393 (100) |
NA |
| | Race, number (%) | | | | |
S | | Black, non-Hispanic | 95 (63) | 66 (65) | 73 (52) | 234 (59) | | Asian | 0 (0) | 5 (5) | 7 (5) | 12 (3) | | White, non-Hispanic | 39 (26) | 2 (2) | 2 (1) | 43 (11) | | Hispanic | 17 (12) | 28 (28) | 59 (42) | 104 (26) |
| | Size of tumor, median ± standard deviation, cm | 3.0 ± 2.7 | 2.5 ± 2.0 | 3.0 ± 1.96 | NA |
NA |
| | Size of tumor, number (%) | | | | | NA | | <1 cm (nonpalpable) | 8 (5) | 7 (7) | 12 (9) | 27 (7) | | ≥1 cm (palpable) | 126 (84) | 82 (80) | 113 (80) | 321 (82) | | Unknown | 16 (11) | 13 (13) | 16 (11) | 45 (11) |
| | Stage, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | 0 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 30 (8) | | 1 | 38 | 22 | 33 | 93 (24) | | 2 | 59 | 39 | 54 | 152 (39) | | 3 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 56 (14) | | 4 | 20 | 16 | 24 | 60 (15) | | Unknown | 1 | 2 | 8 | 11 (3) |
| | Histologic type, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | Ductal | 104 (69) | 68 (67) | 88 (62) | 260 (66) | | Lobular | 4 (3) | 4 (4) | 10 (7) | 18 (4) | | Papillary | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 4 (1) | | Other | 41 (27) | 28 (28) | 42 (30) | 111 (28) |
| | Grade, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | 1 (well differentiated) | 7 (5) | 6 (6) | 6 (4) | 19 (5) | | 2 (moderately differentiated) | 48 (32) | 26 (26) | 52 (37) | 126 (32) | | 3 (poorly differentiated) | 24 (16) | 13 (13) | 20 (14) | 57 (14) | | Unknown | 72 (48) | 55 (54) | 63 (45) | 190 (43) |
| | Estrogen receptor, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | Positive | 69 (46) | 44 (44) | 58 (41) | 171 (43) | | Negative | 14 (9) | 21 (21) | 13 (9) | 48 (12) | | Unknown | 68 (45) | 48 (47) | 70 (50) | 186 (47) |
| | Progesterone receptor, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | Positive | 63 (42) | 32 (32) | 45 (32) | 140 (36) | | Negative | 24 (16) | 21 (21) | 26 (18) | 71 (18) | | Unknown | 64 (42) | 48 (47) | 70 (50) | 182 (46) |
| | Surgical Procedure, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | Mastectomy | 66 (44) | 50 (49) | 65 (46) | 181 (46) | | Lumpectomy | 67(44) | 42 (41) | 60 (42) | 168 (42) | | No surgery | 18 (12) | 9 (9) | 16 (11) | 43 (11) |
| | Chemotherapy, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | Yes | 22 (14) | 12 (12) | 11 (8) | 45 (12) | | No | 129 (85) | 89 (88) | 130 (92) | 348 (88) |
| | Radiation therapy, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | Yes | 47 (31) | 21 (21) | 30 (21) | 98 (25) | | No | 104 (69) | 80 (79) | 111 (79) | 295 (75) |
| | Hormonal therapy, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | Yes | 58 (39) | 38 (38) | 52 (37) | 148 (38) | | No | 93 (61) | 63 (62) | 89 (63) | 245 (62) |
| | Had complete staging, number (%) | | | | |
NS | | Yes | 115 (76) | 73 (72) | 93 (66) | 281 (71) | | No | 36 (24) | 28 (28) | 48 (34) | 112 (28) |
| | Alive at 5 years after initial contact, number (%) | | | | |
S | | Yes | 49 (32) | 35 (35) | 20 (14) | 104 (26) | | No | 102 (67) | 66 (65) | 121 (86) | 289 (73) |
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Abbreviation: NA: not applicable; NS: not significant; S: significant.
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