Older Breast Cancer Patient Care Studied
Posted on: Thursday, 16 March 2006, 15:00 CST
A Medical College of Wisconsin study suggests older breast cancer patients receiving shared care are better cared for than those who don't.
Shared care is that which is provided by a primary care physician and a cancer specialist.
The study revealed about two-thirds of elderly breast cancer survivors receiving shared care during the first three years after treatment had higher mammography rates in all three years than survivors who saw only a specialist or generalist,
Scientists from the College's Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research in Milwaukee evaluated 3,828 older women diagnosed with either in situ, stage I or Stage II breast cancer during 1995. The routine follow-up care the women received was assessed for three years after their cancer was treated.
The researchers also found under-use of mammography was most common among women at greatest risk of recurrence: those treated with breast-conserving surgery without radiation, and those with stage II disease.
The study is detailed in the online issue of Breast Cancer Research and Treatment.
Source: United Press International
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