Analysis of clinical characteristics of premenopausal and postmenopausal female patients with breast cancer / 中国癌症杂志

ABSTRACT

Purpose:To analyze the differences between prem enopausal and postmenopausal female patients with T1 primary breast cancer as to pathological classification, rate of lymphatic metastasis and some relative rec eptors, and to discuss the appropriate mode of operation to T1 breast cancer. Methods:154 patients with T1 primary breast cancer were retrosp ectively divided into premenopausal group and postmenopausal group. The clinical data of the two groups were compared. Results:There were no significant statistical differences in pr imary tumor size, but the incidence rate(62.2%) of invasive ductal cancer in po stmenopausal group was less than that(84.7%) of postmenopausal group(P