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Prognostic factors and survival in elderly breast cancer patients: roles of age, stage and inflammatory markers.

BMC Cancer · 2026 · PMC13317406 · PMID 42098657

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.267not close (p > 0.1)
However, patients aged ≥ 75 years tended to be diagnosed at more advanced stages, although this did not reach statistical significance ( p = 0.267).

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a significant trendno p-value reported
A significant trend toward shorter survival was observed with increasing disease stage: 211 months (95% CI, 189–NR) for stage I, 142 months (95% CI, 106–179) for stage II, 106 months (95% CI, 74–144) for stage III, and 36.5 months (95% CI, 27–57) for stage IV ( p < 0.001) (Fig. 2 B).

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