Follow-Up Care for Older Women with Breast Cancer.

Abstract

Little is known about what constitutes appropriate care for older women with breast cancer. Extending work begun as part of a National Cancer Institute-funded project, we are examining whether variations in care received by older women affect short-term psychosocial and clinical outcomes. Our specffic aims are: (1) To describe patterns of adjuvant hormonal and chemotherapy in older women, and factors associated with receipt of these therapies; (2) To characterize and quantify the breast cancer-related care received by older women during the early years following diagnosis; and (3) To determine the effects of ongoing breast cancer care on patients' quality of life.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA318582

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  • Sherrie H. Kaplan

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  • Biomedical Research
  • Chemotherapy
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Drug Therapy
  • Geographic Regions
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Massachusetts
  • Medical Personnel
  • Neoplasms
  • New England
  • Physicians
  • Quality Of Life
  • Social Psychology
  • Surgery
  • Therapy
  • United States

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  • Medicine

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