Undertreated Breast Cancer in the Elderly

Table 5

Local and distant disease-free survival in undertreated and properly treated patients aged ≥71 years.

Recurrence/treatment	𝑛	Recurrence	Cumulative 5-y recurrence-free survival (%)	HR [95% CI]	𝑃 value*
Local recurrence					0.847
Undertreated	190	11	91	1
				[reference]
Properly treated	185	11	93	0.79 [0.33–1.92]
Distant recurrence; (invasive cancer)					0.155
Undertreated	139	6	93	1
				[reference]
Properly treated	167	15	89	2.03 [0.86–4.80]

* P value is from log-rank test comparing Kaplan-Meier survival curves.