Breast cancer can behave differently in older women. This physician is making more tailored treatments a reality

Neil Carleton, a STAT Wunderkind, is studying whether dialing back treatment in some cases is beneficial for older women with breast cancer.

老年女性佔乳腺癌患者近半，卻長期被臨床試驗排除，治療方式也往往與年輕患者無異。腫瘤學家Neil Carleton通過電子病歷提示減少不必要的手術，並發現腫瘤局部合成雌激素的機制與血液ctDNA監測的潛力，推動為老年患者量身定制治療。