Turkish Journal of Geriatrics 2013 , Vol 16, Issue 3
GERIATRIC VERSUS NON-GERIATRIC GROUPS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL BREAST CANCER PATIENTS: LYMPHOVASCULAR INVASION IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT
Hasan MUTLU1, Zeki AKÇA2, Abdülsamet ERDEN3, Tuncay ASLAN3, Yasemin BENDERLİ CİHAN4, Abdullah BÜYÜKÇELİK5
1Acıbadem Kayseri Hospital, Tıbbi Onkoloji, KAYSERİ
2Mersin Devlet Hastanesi, Radyasyon Onkolojisi MERSÄ°N
3Kayseri Eğitim ve Arafltırma Hastanesi İç Hastalıkları KAYSERİ
4Kayseri Eğitim ve Arafltırma Hastanesi, Radyasyon Onkolojisi KAYSERİ
5Acıbadem Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı İSTANBUL Introduction: Women 65 years of age or older make up one half of all new breast cancer patients. These patients are called geriatric patients. Their prognosis is better than the younger patients. Generally, they are offered less intensive treatment. In this retrospective analysis we evaluated whether geriatric postmenopausal breast cancer patients are different from non-geriatric patients, regarding prognostic factors and survival rates.

Materials and Method: A total of 291 patients with postmenopausal breast cancer were included. Of these, 108 patients were in the geriatric group while 183 were in the non-geriatric group. The two groups were compared with regard to age, stage, histology, hormone receptor status, grade, lymphovascular invasion and disease free and overall survival.

Results: The lymphovascular invasion rate was much higher in non-geriatric patients compared to geriatric patients (p=0.008). Disease free survival and overall survival were similar.

Conclusion: Geriatric patients have more favorable prognostic factors than non-geriatric patients with postmenopausal breast cancer. Keywords : Breast Cancer; Postmenopause; Aged; Prognosis