Study eyes breast cancer mortality in older women

Key clinical point: Later uptake and less extensive use of screening mammography might explain a relatively high rate of deaths from breast cancer among older women in Germany.

Major finding: Women aged ≥ 70 years in Germany had a 19% lower incidence but a 45% higher rate of mortality from breast cancer compared with their peers in the United States.

Study details: Population-based study of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 9 registry in the United States, and the Saarland Cancer Registry and the German Centre for Cancer Registry Data in Germany. 

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Disclosures: German Cancer Aid funded the study. The investigators reported having no conflicts.

Citation: Jansen L et al. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Aug 26. doi: 10.3390/cancers12092419