376 Management of Breast Cancer in elderly patients
Abstract Aim To evaluate the care and outcomes for women with breast cancer over the age of 70 and to compare our performance at AUH against the national outcomes. Method Using the online database at AUH we gathered the following data: age, TNM status, surgical management, histology, adjuvant treatment (radiotherapy, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy) and reasons for alterations in planned therapy. Results We audited 176 patients between 2018 and 2019. Age varied between 70 and 95 years old. 10 patients suffered from DCIS, 152 from invasive breast cancer and 14 from de novo metastatic breast cancer. 40% of patients with DCIS with underwent WLE, 40% underwent mastectomy and 20% were not offered an operation as they were unfit. Invasive breast cancer accounted for the majority of cases. 86% were ER/PR positive and 12.2% were Her-2 positive. 35.7% underwent mastectomy, 64.4% underwent WLE and 0.8% VAB excision. 51.7% had Sentinel node biopsy, 15.3% underwent axillary clearance and 1.7 % had axillary sampling. 7.9% of patients presented with metastatic disease. 2.6% of those patients had palliative radiotherapy. Primary endocrine therapy was commenced on 21.1% of patients. Factors that lead to PET were that 47% of patients were unfit for an operation, 20.6% refused surgical intervention, 11.7% had concurrent aggressive malignancy and 8.8% were inoperable. Conclusions Overall, successful results were achieved for this group of patients compared to the national outcomes. 99.4% of patients in our centre had triple assessment prior to MDT. Further review of functional status and service outcomes will be required to be audited.