How would you approach adjuvant therapy for large (≥4 cm), node negative, HR+, HER2- breast cancer in an elderly woman with comorbidities including neuropathy?
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Medical Oncology · Ohio State University
If multiple co-morbidities are present in an elderly patient with locally advanced HR+/HER2- breast cancer that precludes anthracycline and taxane chemotherapy regimen, then I would consider 2 options: (1) CMF regimen which is active and generally well tolerated (one can also consider upfront dose r...
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Medical Oncology · The START Center for Cancer Care
Why not more detail? What is elderly mean here? Does the patient have a greater than 5-year expected survival? If not then I would use endocrine therapy alone. I also would not give chemotherapy without an Oncotype for node-negative disease that is T3.