Study shows chemotherapy improves survival among older breast cancer patients
Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 02:14
in Health & Medicine
The average age of a woman diagnosed with breast cancer is 63, so it is critical to have effective proven, therapies for an older patient population. But older women with breast cancer are underrepresented in clinic trials, so there is little data on the effects of chemotherapy used in addition to other therapies such as surgery...