title: [Breast cancer in elderly].
abstract: The question of the breast cancer in elderly is enlightened by two constituted epidemiological data bases in the United-States: the data basis of San Antonio and the SEER (Surveillance Epidemology and End Results) which represent a follow-up of 26% of the American population. The listed data allow an approach of the clinical and biological constituents according to the age of the disease as well as the factors of comorbidity. The informations relative to the therapeutic choices are more fragmentary and must be developed first and foremost during the programs. double dagger.
authors.affiliation: de l'Université de la Santé du Colorado, Centre anticancéreux Rocky Mountain, Aurora, Colorado, Rocky Mountain Cancer Centers-Aurora, Colorado, 1700 South Potomac Street, Aurora, CO 80012, USA. sami.diab@usoncology.com
authors.forename: Sami G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Diab
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016019:Survival Analysis; D017741:Survivors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology