J Korean Surg Soc.  2000 Jul;59(1):15-21.

Study of the Survival of Women Aged 35 and Younger with Breast Cancer

• Park BJ
• Kim JR
• Chang ES

Abstract

PURPOSE: The prognosis for breast carcinoma in young women, especially those less than 35 years of age, is perceived as being unfavorable. However, the relationship of age at diagnosis and prognosis still remains controversial. METHODS: We retrospectively studied 37 breast cancer patients, who had been 35 years old or younger at the time of their diagnosis from Jan. 1990 to Dec. 1994 at the Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital. RESULTS: The factors that influenced survival were pathologic stage, tumor size, and the number of axillary node metastases, but operation method, postoperative radiation therapy, and neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not. CONCLUSION: When we compared the group with age < or =35 to the group with age >35, the former group showed worse disease free survival, but the overall survival was not worse.

Keyword

Breast cancer; Young age; Survival rate

MeSH Terms

Adult
Breast Neoplasms*
Breast*
Chungcheongnam-do
Diagnosis
Disease-Free Survival
Drug Therapy
Female
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Survival Rate