Association of Surgery With Frailty Status in Older Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer

Christina A Minami; Ginger Jin; Rachel A Freedman; Mara A Schonberg; Tari A King; Elizabeth A Mittendorf

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.8146

Association of Surgery With Frailty Status in Older Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancer

JAMA Surg. 2023 Jun 1;158(6):664-666. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.8146.

Authors

Christina A Minami¹, Ginger Jin², Rachel A Freedman¹, Mara A Schonberg³, Tari A King¹, Elizabeth A Mittendorf¹

Affiliations

¹ Breast Oncology Program, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cohort study examines associations between type of breast cancer surgery and changes in frailty status among US women aged 70 years or older with early-stage breast cancer.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Breast Neoplasms* / surgery
Female
Frail Elderly
Frailty* / complications
Humans