Breast cancer in elderly women

Abstract Although the number of elderly patients with breast cancer is increasing, knowledge about possible differences in the biology and clinical outcomes of breast cancer according to age is limited. Retrospectively were followed: diagnosis, surgical treatment, stage of disease, histology, and survival of breast cancer treated women at the Surgical and Oncological Clinic in Nis between 1985 and 1990. Patients were divided in two groups: study (=65 years) and control ( P −8 ). There is no significant difference in disease-specific survival by age. In our population the presentation, surgical treatment, and survival from breast cancer is similar in older and younger women.