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ArticleNagoya journal of medical science2018

<Editors' Choice> Practice management for elderly patients with breast cancer; Findings from a survey by the Japan Breast Cancer Study Group.

Masataka Sawaki, Kenji Tamura, Akihiko Shimomura, Yumiko Taki, Fumio Nagashima, Hiroji Iwata

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Article in Nagoya journal of medical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masataka SawakiDepartment of Breast Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Kenji TamuraDepartment of Breast and Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Akihiko ShimomuraDepartment of Breast and Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Yumiko TakiDepartment of Breast Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Fumio NagashimaDepartment of Medical Oncology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroji IwataDepartment of Breast Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Aichi Cancer Center · JPKyorin University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Information on patterns of clinical care for elderly breast cancer patients is lacking. The aims of this study are two-fold, firstly, to clarify daily practice treatments for elderly breast cancer patients in Japan, and secondly, to plan a prospective clinical trial to address unresolved clinical questions. We investigated practice care of elderly breast cancer patients in 38 institutions of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group (JCOG). Questionnaires asked: (1) definition of "elderly" for each treatment, (2) clinical standard anti-HER2 therapy in each age-group, (3) recommended docetaxel dose in each age-group, (4) considerations for future clinical trials, and (5) other information about geriatric oncology concerning breast cancer. The upper age-limit for surgery and irradiation therapy was generally 80 years, while many physicians considered anti-cytotoxic adjuvant therapy unsuitable for patients >70-75 years. For HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, 82% of physicians recommended docetaxel (DTX) plus trastuzumab plus pertuzumab (DTP) as standard care for patients aged 65-70, although 54% of physicians avoided DTP for those aged 71-75 as first-line standard preference. Most physicians recommended 75 mg/m

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breast cancerelderlypractice managementsurvey

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