Chemotherapy Decisions and Outcomes in Older Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer

Completed

Conditions studied: Breast Cancer, Psychosocial Effects of Cancer and Its Treatment

In brief

RATIONALE: Studying how older women make treatment decisions and how these decisions affect the outcome of treatment may help doctors plan more effective treatments and improve patient quality of life. PURPOSE: This clinical trial is studying how a patient's treatment preferences and decisions about chemotherapy affect the outcome of treatment in older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT00068328
Run by
Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
People needed
1706
Starts
2003-08-01
Expected to finish
2016-12-01
Last updated by the study team
2017-08-08

Who can join

Age: 65 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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