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Breast Cancer in Older Women

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Breast cancer most frequently affects older women, yet the standard of care varies enormously, with fit patients receiving undertreatment and frail ones being overtreated. Personalised care should take into account several factors which are summarised in this chapter. We also present and discuss all available options to facilitate and optimise the decision-making process and the discussion with patients.

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  2. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, East Sussex, UK

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  3. Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden

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Hamnett, K., Subramanian, A., Audisio, R.A. (2021). Breast Cancer in Older Women. In: Rezai, M., Kocdor, M.A., Canturk, N.Z. (eds) Breast Cancer Essentials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73147-2_60

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