New research shows breast cancer treatment in patients over age 70 can be safely reduced
E-Mail IMAGE: Surgical oncologist at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and attending surgeon in the Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh. view more Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2021 - Oncologists faced with treating older women with breast cancer often must decide if the treatment may be more detrimental than the cancer. A study published today in JAMA Network Open by researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine sheds new light on this choice and suggests the rate of cancer recurrence or survival may be no different in tr...