Are Older Breast Cancer Patients Undertreated?

CBS 42 Thursday 9th February, 2012

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – It kills wives, daughters, moms, and friends. One out of every 36 women die of breast cancer. Among postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, their risk of dying from breast cancer increases with age.Changing demographics and continuously increasing life expectancy will further en...

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