OVER 70 TREATMENT CHOICES POST-OP?????

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Miles2Go
Miles2Go Member Posts: 120
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

Contemplating treatment options.  I understand 67% of CA diagnosis statistical data is for women over 70; however, just 35% of women over 70 have participated in clinical trials.  What I've gleaned from web sites is we gals over 70 are increasing in number; ya-but! we are doing so with a dearth of study information for our age demographic.  What I've discovered is 1) less is known about our over-70 response standard treatment choices yet; and 2) standard treatment choices based on younger women continue to be the "soup du jour" for the over-70-set. I am interested in your comments, based on your personal experience and/or historical references. 

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  • cycle-path
    cycle-path Member Posts: 1,502
    edited October 2011

    You don't seem to be getting answers here, so you might try going to the "support and community connections" area and asking again in the older women forum. 

    I very much agree with you, though, that there tends to be a "one size fits all" approach to medicine (not just BC). Except for antibiotics, one's weight is rarely considered when medication is given; and once you're over 12, there seems to be little thought given to age.  

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