St. Louis researchers say elderly women with cervical cancer are less likely to receive aggressive treatment for their ailment than younger patients.
January 14, 2005 (Press Release) --
Cervical cancer treatment evaluated
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Thursday 30th December, 2004
St. Louis researchers say elderly women with cervical cancer are less likely to receive aggressive treatment for their ailment than younger patients.
A team from Washington University School of Medicine, in a study to be published in the Saturday edition of the journal Cancer, analyzed medical records of more than 1,500 patients treated for invasive cervical cancer between 1986 and 2003. They divided the records into two categories, women younger than 70 and women 70 or older.
Their study showed that regardless of the stage of tumor development, elderly patients were likely to receive less aggressive treatment. Surgery was used to treat 16 percent of the elderly group, whereas 54 percent the younger patients underwent surgery. The remainder of the patients was treated with radiation without surgery.
For women treated with radiation therapy alone, the chances of surviving were five times lower than for those treated surgically. Elderly women treated with radiation were given lower doses on average, and they were nine times more likely to forego treatment altogether.
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Big News Network.com
Thursday 30th December, 2004
St. Louis researchers say elderly women with cervical cancer are less likely to receive aggressive treatment for their ailment than younger patients.
A team from Washington University School of Medicine, in a study to be published in the Saturday edition of the journal Cancer, analyzed medical records of more than 1,500 patients treated for invasive cervical cancer between 1986 and 2003. They divided the records into two categories, women younger than 70 and women 70 or older.
Their study showed that regardless of the stage of tumor development, elderly patients were likely to receive less aggressive treatment. Surgery was used to treat 16 percent of the elderly group, whereas 54 percent the younger patients underwent surgery. The remainder of the patients was treated with radiation without surgery.
For women treated with radiation therapy alone, the chances of surviving were five times lower than for those treated surgically. Elderly women treated with radiation were given lower doses on average, and they were nine times more likely to forego treatment altogether.
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