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Should less treatment be offered to 'older' women with BC? Over 70s ....
A bit disconcerting to read a report, released on Dec 6th 2023, that there may be talk of offering less treatment options to 'older women' (ie over 70s) when diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Maybe they ...
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In the USA patients are often 'over treated' in comparison to Australia. In Australia it is common to treat ER+ PR+ HER2- early stage cancer with lumpectomy surgery, 3-4 weeks radiation and 5 years hormone tablets. In the USA those same patients might undergo mastectomy with full axillary clearance, radiation, chemo and 10+ years hormone tablets. If the article is looking at scaling back treatment for early stage hormone positive cancers to be more in line with Australia that might be a good thing.
I totally agree that people in their 70s still have plenty of living to do... putting everyone through unnecessary treatments that can take a decade to recover from might decrease quality of life.