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Studying Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Orthotopic Breast Cancer Model
Published on: March 20, 2020
[Presentation and outcome of breast cancer under 40 years - A French monocentric study]
C Fleurier1, J Pilloy1, M Chas1
1Département de gynécologie, hôpital Bretonneau, centre hospitalier régional universitaire de Tours, 2, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours, France; Faculté de médecine François-Rabelais, 10, boulevard Tonnellé, 37044 Tours, France.
Objective:
The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of young age on breast cancer presentation and women's prognosis.
Methods:
We performed a descriptive retrospective study in the university teaching hospital of Tours from January 2007 to December 2013. All women managed for an invasive breast cancer were included. The population was divided in 2 groups according to age: ≤40 years and>40 years. We studied differences in histological, management and outcome characteristics.
Results:
Two thousand and eighty three women with an invasive breast cancer were included. A hundred and fifty five in the group of women with an age ≤40 years and 1928 in the group of women with an age>40 years. Histological characteristics of breast cancer in younger women were worse than in their older counterparts (with more aggressive features: grade 3, negative hormone receptors, positive Her 2 status, triple negative molecular sub-type). Overall survival was lower in young women than in women age>40 years (P=0.05),as was recurrence free survival (P<0.001), locoregional recurrence free survival (P=0.02) and distant metastasis free survival(P<0.001). Age≤40 years was an independent factor predictive of poor recurrence free survival.
Conclusion:
In our study we found an impact of age≤40 years on invasive breast cancer presentation and prognosis.
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