Comprehensive Clinical Characterization and Long-Term Follow-Up of the Institut Catala d'Oncologia Breast Cancer Observational Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Background/Objectives: Few large cohorts with relatively uniform treatment approaches and long-term follow-up are available for assessing clinical outcomes for breast cancer (BC) patients. The Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) Breast Cancer Cohort was designed to well characterize treatment patterns and overall survival outcomes at 5 and 10 years, with a particular focus on patients < 40 and ≥70 years old, age groups often underrepresented in clinical trials. Methods: In this retrospective, observational study, we included all pathologically confirmed invasive BC patients diagnosed and treated between 2010 and 2014 at ICO, a Spanish reference cancer center, with a follow-up until November 2023. We collected comprehensive real-world data on clinicopathologic characteristics an

SUBMITTER: Pla H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12025695 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature