Female patients with breast carcinoma age 30 years and younger have a poor prognosis

Do younger women with non-metastatic and non-inflammatory breast carcinoma have poor prognosis?

BACKGROUND Controversy abounds over whether breast cancer in younger women is more aggressive than those in older. The aim of the study was to assess the influence of age on long-term survival of women with breast carcinoma. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with non-metastatic and non-inflammatory invasive breast carcinoma treated at the Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India during ...

Recurrent Implantation Failure Is More Frequently Seen in Female Patients with Poor Prognosis

True Local Recurrences after Breast Conserving Surgery have Poor Prognosis in Patients with Early Breast Cancer

BACKGROUND This study was aimed at investigating clinical and histopathologic features of ipsilateral breast tumor recurrences (IBTR) and their effects on survival after breast conservation therapy. METHODS 1,400 patients who were treated between 1998 and 2007 and had breast-conserving surgery (BCS) for early breast cancer (cT1-2/N0-1/M0) were evaluated. Demographic and pathologic parameters,...

Cervical carcinoma: prognosis in younger patients.

Retrospective analysis of 2870 patients with invasive carcinoma of the cervix treated by radiotherapy from 1971 to 1978 showed that the prognosis for younger patients (defined as either under 35 or under 40) was better than that for older age groups, but young patients presented with earlier disease. When the effect of stage on prognosis was also considered the improved survival of patients und...

Breast cancer in 30-year-old or younger patients: clinicopathologic characteristics and prognosis

BACKGROUND The number of 30-year-old or younger patients with breast cancer is increasing. The aim was to describe the clinicopathological features and prognosis of 30-year-old or younger patients with breast cancer. METHODS We reviewed the records of 1,406 consecutive patients aged ≤50 years with first diagnosis of invasive breast cancer referred to surgery from March 2001 to March 2009. A t...