Is cancer slower growing on older women?

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mkkjd60
mkkjd60 Member Posts: 583
edited June 2014 in Older Than 60 Years Old With Breast Cancer

Just wondering if you have been told that cancer is slower growing in older women? My mom is71 and stage 4

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  • J9W
    J9W Member Posts: 395
    edited September 2011

    I've never heard that. 

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  • MarieKelly
    MarieKelly Member Posts: 591
    edited September 2011
    Sorry about your momFrown.  Older women are more likely to develop a low grade tumor. So very  statistically speaking, tumors among older women in the population as a whole tend to be slow growing as compared to younger women. However, some older women get high grade tumors and I would assume that they are probable just as aggressive as they might be in someone younger.
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