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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., Portielje, J., van de Velde, C., Syed, B., …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. (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.