ArticleJournal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology2014
Frailty and adherence to adjuvant hormonal therapy in older women with breast cancer: CALGB protocol 369901.
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- Frailty and medication adherence among older adult patients with hypertension: a moderated mediation model.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Oral Anticancer Agent (OAA) Adherence and Survival in Elderly Patients With Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma (mRCC).Urology · 2022Article
- Association between cognitive impairment and oral anticancer agent use in older patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022Article
- Discontinuation of adjuvant endocrine therapy and impact on quality of life and functional status in older patients with breast cancer.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2022Article
- Patient, provider, and hospital factors associated with oral anti-neoplastic agent initiation and adherence in older patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2022Article
- The association between physical health-related quality of life, physical functioning, and risk of contralateral breast cancer among older women.Breast cancer (Tokyo, Japan) · 2022Article
- Association of Adjuvant Hormone Therapy Timing With Overall Survival Among Patients With Hormone Receptor-Positive Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-2-Negative Early Breast Cancer Without Chemotherapy.JAMA network open · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeMost patients with breast cancer age ≥ 65 years (ie, older patients) are eligible for adjuvant hormonal therapy, but use is not universal. We examined the influence of frailty on hormonal therapy noninitiation and discontinuation. PATIENTS AND
methodsA prospective cohort of 1,288 older women diagnosed with invasive, nonmetastatic breast cancer recruited from 78 sites from 2004 to 2011 were included (1,062 had estrogen receptor-positive tumors). Interviews were conducted at baseline, 6 months, and annually for up to 7 years to collect sociodemographic, health care, and psychosocial data. Hormonal initiation was defined from records and discontinuation from self-report. Baseline frailty was measured using a previously validated 35-item scale and grouped as prefrail or frail versus robust. Logistic regression and proportional hazards models were used to assess factors associated with noninitiation and discontinuation, respectively.
resultsMost women (76.4%) were robust. Noninitiation of hormonal therapy was low (14%), but in prefrail or frail (v robust) women the odds of noninitiation were 1.63 times as high (95% CI, 1.11 to 2.40; P = .013) after covariate adjustment. Nonwhites (v whites) had higher odds of noninitiation (odds ratio, 1.71; 95% CI, 1.04 to 2.80; P = .033) after covariate adjustment. Among initiators, the 5-year continuation probability was 48.5%. After adjustment, the risk of discontinuation was higher with increasing age (P = .005) and lower for stage ≥ IIB (v stage I) disease (P = .003).
conclusionFrailty is associated with noninitiation of hormonal therapy, but it does not seem to be a major predictor of early discontinuation in older patients.
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