[Outcome and prognostic factors in the conservative treatment of breast cancer]
LMJ-Lebanese Medical Journal. 2009; 57 (2): 130-134
in English
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this retrospective study is to evaluate the results and identify prognostic factors in early breast cancer. One hundred breast cancers, 79 stage I and 21 stage II, had a conservative treatment between September 1993 and February 1996. Median age was 57 years; median tumor size 15 mm. Pathology was infiltrating ductal carcinoma in 88%. All patients underwent a conservative surgery followed by external radiotherapy. Twenty-eight patients received adjuvant chemotherapy and 64 patients received hormonal therapy. The median follow-up was 100 months. The 10 years overall survival rate was 85% and the metastasis free survival rate was 88.5%. The 10 years local control rate was 85.7%. Women less than 45 years old had a worse prognosis. These high rates of survival and local control confirm that breast conservation therapy yields favorable results, and that age is a major risk factor in women with early breast cancer
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Prognosis
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Retrospective Studies
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Follow-Up Studies
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Age Factors
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Treatment Outcome
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Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Lebanese Med. J.
Year:
2009
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