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Characteristics, treatment and survival of older patients with metastatic triple negative breast cancer from the ESME mBC real-world national cohort: a comparison with younger women

Older women with aggressive breast cancer achieve similar survival rates as younger women when treated comparably, challenging age-based treatment limitations.

Analysis of 4,246 mTNBC patients from the UNICANCER ESME national real-world cohort showed comparable median overall survival between older (≥70 years, n=987) and younger (40-69 years, n=3,259) women despite marked treatment disparities — older patients less likely to receive chemotherapy or targeted therapy. These findings demonstrate that older women with mTNBC, a highly underrepresented group in clinical trials, can achieve similar outcomes and warrant better inclusion in research and new therapy evaluation.

What the study was

Study design
Retrospective cohort (national real-world database)
Population
Women with metastatic TNBC: older (≥70 years, n=987) vs younger (40-69 years, n=3259)
Sample size
4246
Category
Public Health
Maturity
Validated
Journal
The Breast

Why it surfaced

Large national real-world cohort (n=4,246) addressing underrepresentation of older women in mTNBC trials; near-equipoise survival data despite treatment disparity is practice-relevant; ESME cohort national French database with high credibility

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