Breast cancer in young women:a report of 59 cases / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the clinical diagnosis,treatment and prognosis of and the factors influencing prognosis of breast cancer(BC) in young women. Methods A restrospective analysis of the clinical data of 59 cases treated from Jan .1990 to Dec. 1998was carried out in the Second Xiangya Hospital. Results All patients underwent operation, including 31 radical mastectomy , 25 modified radical mastectomy and 3 simple mastectomy. 34 cases had axillary lymph node metastasis. The overall 3,5 and 7 year survival rates were 67.2% , 61.0% and 57.1%respectively. The 3,5 year survival rates in patients with axillary-lymph node metastasis were lower than those in patients without axillary lymph node metastasis (61.8%,45.5%vs 86.4% ,83.3%). The 3,5 year survival rates in patients with negative C erbB 2 expression were 84.6%,82.4% and in patients with positive C erbB 2 expression were 54.6%,45.8%,respectively(all P