Clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic outcomes of young adult women (aged 18-30 years) with breast cancer in Ahmedabad, India: a single-centre, retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer in young adult women is a rapidly growing group of cancer patients in India which needs to be addressed with urgency. Despite increasing global focus on breast cancer in young women, data from India remain scarce. Considering this gap, we undertook this study to analyse the clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic outcomes of young adult women (aged 18-30 years) with breast cancer in Ahmedabad, India.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study of a prospectively maintained database of 201 patients with breast cancer (aged 18-30 years) treated in a high-volume tertiary centre in Ahmedabad, India, from January 2015 to December 2020. Patients were followed up until June 2023. The demographic parameters, clinicopathological characteri

SUBMITTER: Pawar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12329285 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature