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Treatment strategies and survival outcomes in older women with breast cancer: a comparative study between the FOCUS cohort and Nottingham cohort (2018)
Journal Article
Schuil, H., Derks, M., Liefers, G.-J., Portielje, J., van de Velde, C., Syed, B., Green, A., Ellis, I., Cheung, K.-L., & Bastiaannet, E. (in press). Treatment strategies and survival outcomes in older women with breast cancer: a comparative study between the FOCUS cohort and Nottingham cohort. Journal of Geriatric Oncology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgo.2018.05.004

Objective: Clinical trials investigating breast cancer treatment often exclude or misrepresent older adults. This study compares treatment patterns and survival of older women diagnosed with breast cancer between a Dutch and a British observational c... Read More about Treatment strategies and survival outcomes in older women with breast cancer: a comparative study between the FOCUS cohort and Nottingham cohort.

Fulvestrant for the treatment of advanced breast cancer (2018)
Journal Article
Blackburn, S. A., Parks, R. M., & Cheung, K.-L. (2018). Fulvestrant for the treatment of advanced breast cancer. Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, 18(7), 619-628. https://doi.org/10.1080/14737140.2018.1473038

Introduction: The current issues with endocrine therapy for treatment of advanced breast cancer include balance of efficacy of therapy versus tolerability as well as hormone resistance. The efficacy of fulvestrant, a selective oestrogen receptor degr... Read More about Fulvestrant for the treatment of advanced breast cancer.