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How would you approach adjuvant systemic therapy in a HR+ premenopausal patient over the age of 50?
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Medical Oncology · Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
Since you are citing the RxPONDER study, I assume this is a premenopausal woman over age 50 with N1 node positive disease.
In the RxPONDER study, for premenopausal women, the 5-year HR for iDFS with chemo was 0.6. Same for distant DFS. But the benefit was mainly seen in premenopausal women under 50. ...
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Medical Oncology · Avita Health System
This question gets to the heart of a conundrum. I will give some thoughts, but I know there are lots of opinions and I am curious what others think.
The average age of menopause in the United States is 49.9 years old (Appiah et al., PMID 33821908). As a caveat, I do personally believe that breast can...