Mumbai : Age discrimination for women to receive breast cancer treatment: A charitable institution claims that women are facing age discrimination when it comes to treatment of breast cancer.
The charity is calling for the Government to implement laws against ageism in the Health Service.
As compared to younger patients, older women with the disease are up to 40 times less likely to be given surgery.
They are also less likely to be diagnosed or receive standard treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Last year a survey of doctors caring for older patients found that almost half believed the NHS is 'institutionally ageist'.
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
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