"Older Women With Early Breast Cancer May Have A Choice of Radiation Therapy Alone"- Marie Benz
Manjeet Chadha, MD, MHA, FACR, FASTRO, Professor of Radiation Oncology, and Director of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Mount Sinai Downtown, discusses her research that older women with stage I breast cancer have a choice, and can receive breast radiation with omission of endocrine therapy. The findings of this study were presented at the 2019 ASCO Annual Meeting. Largely, the goal of cancer care among the elderly is to de-escalate therapy searching for a modality that is both an effective treatment and also associated with minimal toxicity. Age-adjusted trends note a relatively higher incidence of stage I breast cancer in women between the ages of 70-74 years. Dr. Chadha says, “For this group of patients, it is imperative that we take a closer look at the evidence base for our current practice standards, and evaluate opportunities to improve cancer care delivery in the elderly.”
— Manjeet Chadha, MD, MHA, Professor, Radiation Oncology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai Downtown