Clinicopathologic Characteristics of Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer: Results of Analysis of a Nationwide Breast Cancer Registry Database.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study aimed to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics of pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC) in comparison with non-pregnancy associated breast cancer (non-PABC).

Methods

A total of 344 eligible patients with PABC were identified in the Korean Breast Cancer Society Registry database. PABC was defined as ductal carcinoma in situ, invasive ductal carcinoma, or invasive lobular carcinoma diagnosed during pregnancy or within 1 year after the birth of a child. Patients with non-PABC were selected from the same database using a 1:2 matching method. The matching variables were operation, age, and initial stage.

Results

Patients with PABC had significantly lower survival rates than patient with non-PABC (10-year survival rate: PABC, 76.4%;

SUBMITTER: Kim YG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5620441 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature