Only one patient who had MRM was found to have a recurrence in her opposite breast. The overall survival rates in MRM and BCT patients were, respectively, 93.7% and 94.1%. Furthermore, the disease-free survival rates were, respectively, 89.2% and 93.9%. This result indicates that there ...
Metachronous contralateral breast cancer (CBC) is defined as a tumour in the opposite breast which was diagnosed more than 6 months following the detection of the first cancer. We screened, for factors that might predict the risk of developing CBC, a cohort series of 4748 women who had invasiv...
Bilaterality and recurrence rates for lobular breast cancer: Considerations for treatment The risk to the opposite breast also appears to be low. These data do not support the routine use of blind contralateral biopsy or prophylactic ... TJ Yeatman,GH Lyman,SK Smith,... - 《Annals of Surgica...
No patients developed regional recurrence; however, four patients developed distant recurrence, six patients developed breast cancer in the opposite breast, three patients developed new non-breast primary tumors, and eight patients died (including one death related to breast cancer). "This study provide...
2. 2. In this case no recurrence was noted, nor were metastases found, fourteen and one-half years after removal of the left breast for adenocarcinoma with extensive axillary metastases. 3. 3. A second tumor, also carcinoma but of a different structure and without axillary involvement, was ...
Guidelines have been developed for appropriate post-therapy surveillance for breast cancer recurrence. Two objectives of post-therapy surveillance are to support and counsel patients and to detect potentially curable local recurrences and new cancers in the opposite breast. The objective of this ...
RESULTS: Second primary breast cancer followed the incidence pattern of the first primary breast cancer in Black and White women diagnosed before age 45. It was opposite of the pattern of first primary breast cancer in Black and White women diagnosed at age 45 or later. CONCLUSION: Despite the...
Despite being the hallmark of cancer that is responsible for the highest number of deaths, very little is known about the biology of metastasis. Metastatic disease typically manifests after a protracted period of undetectable disease following surgery or
If the tumor is large and, after the lumpectomy, very little breast tissue would remain If she does not want to undergo radiation therapy after the surgery If she believes she will have less anxiety about a recurrence of breast cancer with a mastectomy...
Examining the distribution of breast cancer (BC) stage and molecular subtype among women aged below (< 45 years), within (45–65