The treatment outcomes and the use of adjuvant therapies in breast cancer patients with severe co-morbidities.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Studies have suggested a potential role of patient's co-morbidity in determining the survival outcomes of breast cancer. In this study, we examined the long-term oncologic outcomes in breast cancer patients who underwent curative surgery according to their pre-existing comorbid conditions and analyzed the association between the co-morbidity and the use of adjuvant therapies.

Methods

The medical records of 2,501 patients who underwent surgery for primary breast cancer from June 2006 to June 2010 were reviewed retrospectively. The patients were classified into three groups according to preoperative ASA status determined by the anesthesiologists. Clinico-pathologic characteristics and survival outcomes of the patients were compared among the different co-morbidity grou

SUBMITTER: Han J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5360250 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature