Can Older Breast Cancer Patients Tolerate Immunotherapy Plus Chemotherapy?

Using a newer combination of immunotherapy and lower doses of chemotherapy, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center experts treated a 79-year-old woman with triple-negative breast cancer.

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October 2, 2025
7 min

Keck Medicine of USC

Top Institutions in Oncology

Brief introduction explaining scope and methodology.

#1

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

New York, NY
Key Differentiators
- Breast Cancer
- Immunotherapy
- Geriatric Oncology
#2

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA
Key Differentiators
- Breast Cancer
- Immunotherapy
- Geriatric Oncology
#3

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX
Key Differentiators
- Breast Cancer
- Immunotherapy
- Geriatric Oncology
#4

Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center

Baltimore, MD
Key Differentiators
- Breast Cancer
- Immunotherapy
- Geriatric Oncology
#5

Keck Medicine of USC / USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Los Angeles, CA
Key Differentiators
- Breast Cancer
- Immunotherapy
- Geriatric Oncology