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Does life expectancy affect treatment of women aged 80 and older with early stage breast cancers?

Mara A. Schonberg
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
- Corresponding author at: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1309 Beacon, Office 202, Brookline, MA 02446, United States. Tel.: +617 754 1414; fax: +617 754 1440.
Edward R. Marcantonio
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
Long Ngo
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
Rebecca A. Silliman
- Geriatrics Section, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
Ellen P. McCarthy
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States

Received 17 August 2011 ,Revised 30 September 2011 ,Accepted 13 October 2011.

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☆ Dr. Schonberg was supported by a Paul B. Beeson Career Development Award in Aging supported by the National Institute on Aging K23 [K23AG028584], The John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, The Starr Foundation, and The American Federation for Aging Research. Dr. McCarthy was supported by the American Cancer Society [RSGT-10-080-CPHSPS]. There are no financial disclosures.

PII: S1879-4068(11)00061-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2011.10.002

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