Access to quality breast cancer care is dependent on age

The International Longevity Centre UK (ILC) has called for greater awareness surrounding age inequalities in breast cancer care and said that late stage diagnosis of breast cancer in England is more common in adults aged over 80 years. It claims that although age discrimination in the provision of health and care services was banned in the UK in 2012, there continue to be age-related discrepancies in the prevalence, treatment and outcomes experienced by people with breast cancer. Evidence suggests that ageist attitudes, both on the part of older people themselves and on that of clinicians, may impact rates of diagnosis and