“…Twenty-nine (29 of 44, 65.9 %) of the studies that met the inclusion criteria and had age sub-groups had findings on the association between age and physical functioning. Nineteen of these studies (65.5 %) found that with older age, physical functioning declined post-breast cancer treatment [ 12 , 58 , 64 , 65 , 67 , 69 , [71] , [73] , [74] , 76 , 78 , [81] , [82] , [84] , [85] , 90 , 94 , 83 , 88 ]. These studies generally scored well on the risk of bias (quality) assessment, with a mean score of 21.…”