Should radiotherapy be omitted in women age 70 years or older with early breast cancer?

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Orit Kaidar-Person et al. J Clin Oncol. 2013.

. 2013 Dec 20;31(36):4569.

doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.51.5312. Epub 2013 Nov 4.

No abstract available

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Reply to P.G. Tsoutsou et al and O. Kaidar-Person et al.
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Hughes KS, Schnaper LA, Bellon JR, Cirrincione CT, Berry DA, McCormick B, Muss HB, Smith BL, Hudis CA, Winer EP, Wood WC. Hughes KS, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Dec 20;31(36):4571-3. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2013.52.9438. Epub 2013 Nov 4. J Clin Oncol. 2013. PMID: 24190113 No abstract available.

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Radiation treatments after breast-conserving therapy for elderly patients.
Smith BD, Buchholz TA. Smith BD, et al. J Clin Oncol. 2013 Jul 1;31(19):2367-8. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2012.48.0939. Epub 2013 May 20. J Clin Oncol. 2013. PMID: 23690425 No abstract available.