J Korean Breast Cancer Soc.  2002 Mar;5(1):14-18. 10.4048/jkbcs.2002.5.1.14.

A Breast Cancer in Premenopausal Women: Pathologic Findings and an Analysis of Prognostic Factor

Affiliations
  • 1MD Clinic.
  • 2Lee Sangdal Breast Clinic, Korea.
  • 3Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 4Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE: The relationship between menopausal status at diagnosis and the prognosis in breast carcinoma remains uncertain. However, it is widely considered that breast cancer in young women is more lethal than in older patients. We therefore attempted to determine whether menopausal status could be a useful prognostic factor for breast cancer.
METHODS
A retrospective study was conducted of premenopausal women who had undergone a definite operation between Jan. 1997 and Dec. 1998 in the Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center. Clinical features, histopathologic findings, and prognostic factors were evaluated and compared with those for the equivalent surgical group of postmenopausal women.
RESULTS
There were 207 cases (86.3%) of infiltrating ductal carcinomas, 10 (4.2%) of infiltrating lobular carcinomas, 6 (2.5%) of ductal carcinomas in situ, and 16 (6.7%) of special type cancers which showed good prognosis. There were some differences in these incidences from those of the postmenopausal women, but they were not statistically significant (P>0.05). Tumor size and lymph nodal status showed no difference between the two groups (P=0.288), nor were there any significant differences in terms of TNM stage, ER/PR status, nuclear or histologic grade (P>0.05).
CONCLUSION
There were little differences in pathologic and prognostic factors between premenopausal and postme no- pausal breast cancer patients. Premenopausal status and young age did not have poorer prognostic factors and were predicted to have not worse prognosis.

Keyword

Breast cancer; Premenopausal women

MeSH Terms

Breast Neoplasms*
Breast*
Carcinoma, Ductal
Carcinoma, Lobular
Diagnosis
Female
Humans
Incidence
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
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