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Safety and Tolerability of Anthracycline-Containing Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Elderly High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients

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Karavasilis V, Papadimitriou C, Gogas H, Kouvatseas G, Pentheroudakis G, Koutras A, Christodoulou C, Bafaloukos D, Samantas E, Pisanidis N, et al. Safety and Tolerability of Anthracycline-Containing Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Elderly High-Risk Breast Cancer Patients. Clinical Breast Cancer [Internet]. 2016;16(4):291 - 298.e3.

Abstract:

Micro-Abstract We characterized the feasibility and toxicity profile of anthracycline-containing adjuvant chemotherapy in women >65 years of age with early breast cancer. Elderly breast cancer patients derive clinical benefit comparable with that of younger patients, mainly at the cost of increased risk of hematological toxicity. © 2015 Elsevier Inc.

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