Table 1 Patients characteristics.

MEDIAN AGE (range)

76.0 (65-92)

AGE

65-69

131

29,5%

70-74

114

25,1%

75-79

87

19,3%

80-84

68

15,2%

>85

49

10,9%

N OF CONCOMITANT DISEASE

0

113

25,2%

1

112

25,0%

2

106

23,6%

> = 3

118

26,2%

TNM STAGE

IN SITU

17

3,9%

I

168

37,5%

II

180

40,1%

III

39

8,8%

IV

4

1,0%

UNKNOWN

41

8,7%

NEOADJUVANT TREATMENT

NO NEOADJUVANT TREATMENT

436

97%

NEOADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY

13

3%

BREAST SURGERY

BREAST CONSERVING SURGERY

125

28%

MASTECTOMY

324

72%

AXILLARY SURGERY

NO AXILLARY SURGERY

40

9%

SENTINEL NODE BIOPSY

180

40%

AXILLARY LYMPH NODE DISSECTION

229

51%

BMI

<20

4

1%

20-25

86

19,1%

>25

135

30,1%

UNKNOWN

224

49,8%

POLYPHARMACY

NO

354

79%

YES

95

21%

SMOKING AT TIME OF DIAGNOSIS

NO

276

61,5%

YES

31

6,9%

UNKNOWN

142

31,6%