Happy to share our latest article in #TheOncologist, highlighting the need for careful evaluation of older patients with breast cancer: geriatric characteristics, loneliness, and depressive symptoms were associated with physical decline, while breast cancer treatment was not
More research into high-risk tumours and integration of geriatric characteristics is needed before gene expression signatures can be implemented as a prediction tool for adjuvant chemotherapy decision-making in #olderwomen with #breastcancer
https://t.co/cMMNDUBzbc
@CHematology
Our poster at #EBCC13 on psychological outcomes in older women with breast cancer; nearly half of all patients have apathy in the years after diagnosis @NienkedeGlas@JoPortielje