Journal of Geriatric Oncology
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 8-16 , January 2012

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

  • Mara A. Schonberg

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1309 Beacon, Office 202, Brookline, MA 02446, United States. Tel.: +617 754 1414; fax: +617 754 1440.
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  • Edward R. Marcantonio

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Long Ngo

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Rebecca A. Silliman

      Affiliations

    • Geriatrics Section, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States
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  • Ellen P. McCarthy

      Affiliations

    • 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

Journal of Geriatric Oncology
Volume 3, Issue 1 , Pages 8-16 , January 2012

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