Effect of Adjuvant Chemo on Elderly Patients’ Quality of Life

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In this Medical News Minute developed exclusively for Cancer Network, Dr. Bobby Lazzara discusses recently published research that looks at quality of life outcome measures for elderly breast cancer patients who receive adjuvant chemotherapy.

In this Medical News Minute developed exclusively for Cancer Network, Dr. Bobby Lazzara discusses recently published research that looks at quality of life outcome measures for elderly breast cancer patients who receive adjuvant chemotherapy.

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