Table 2.
Endocrine treatment patterns at the end of life of women who died with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer, aged ≥65 years in Sweden, 2016-2020.
| End-of-life treatment patterns | Overall (n=3098) |
Prevalent users 12 to 3 months before death (n=2185) |
Non-users 12 to 3 months before death (n=913) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Continuation | 1217 (39.3%) | 1217 (55.7%) | n/a |
| Discontinuation | 968 (31.2%) | 968 (44.4%) | n/a |
| Initiation | 157 (5.1%) | n/a | 157 (17.2%) |
| No use | 756 (24.4%) | n/a | 756 (82.8%) |
n/a = not applicable.