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. 2023 Jul 20;36:101724. doi: 10.1016/j.tranon.2023.101724

Table 4.

Breast cancer management.

Total Population <70 years-old >70 years-old p value N
Primary Surgery 325 (99.7%) 262 (100%) 62 (98.4%) 0.193 326
Type of breast surgery 0.079
Brest conservative 222 (68.9%) 185 (71.2%) 37 (59.7%)
Mastectomy 100 (31.1%) 75 (28.8%) 25 (40.3%)
Type of reconstruction 0.014 325
No reconstruction 164 (50.5%) 121 (46.0%) 43 (69.4%)
Reconstruction 161 (49.5%) 142 (54%) 19 (30.6%)
Post-op. Complications 40(12.4%) 33 (12.6%) 7 (11.3%) 0.939
Adjuvant CHT 66 (20.4%) 58 (22.2%) 8 (12.7%) 0.131 324
Refused 21 (100%) 14 (100%) 7 (100%) . 21
Anthracyclines + alkylating agent 5 (7.14%) 4 (6.67%) 1 (10%) 0.105 70
Taxanes + alkylating agent 52 (74.3%) 46 (76.7%) 6 (60%)
4 cycles 58 (84.1%) 51 (85%) 7 (77.8%) 0.095
6 cycles 7 (10.1%) 7 (11.7%) 0 (0.00%)
CHT assoc. complications 11 (16.4%) 10 (16.9%) 1 (12.5%) 1.000 67
RT 0.009 325
Refusal 20 (100%) 15 (100%) 5 (100%) .
RT Adjuvant 253 (77.8%) 213 (81.3%) 40 (63.5%) 0.004 325
Total Dose (Gy) 53.2 [25.0;66.4] 53.2 [29.0;66.4] 50.5 [25.0;66.4] 0.041
Completed RT 251 (77.2%) 210 (80.2%) 41 (65%) 0.017 325
Endocrine Therapy 311 (95.4%) 249 (94.7%) 62 (98.4%) 0.319 326
Refused 15 (100%) 14 (100%) 1 (100%) 15
Adjuvant 310 (95.1%) 248 (94.3%) 62 (98.4%) 0.326 310
Tamoxifen 73 (23.9%) 71 (28.9%) 2 (3.33%) <0.001
AI 192 (62.7%) 135 (54.9%) 57 (95%)
Tamoxifen + GnRH 3 (0.98%) 3 (1.22%) 0 (0.00%) 319
AI plus GnRH 20 (6.54%) 20 (8.13%) 0 (0.00%)
Sequential Tamoxifen-AI 18 (5.88%) 17 (6.91%) 1 (1.67%)
Osteo-oncologic therapy 145 (46.5%) 108 (42.9%) 37 (61.7%) 0.013 312
Denosumab 31 (22.3%) 20 (19.4%) 11 (30.6%) 0.440 139
Bisphosphonates 107 (77%) 82 (79.6%) 25 (69.4%)