Management and Outcome of Young Women (≤40 Years) with Breast Cancer in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An increase in breast cancer (BC) incidence in young women (YW) as well as disparities in BC outcomes have been reported in Switzerland. We sought to evaluate treatment and outcome differences among YW with BC (YWBC).

Methods

YW diagnosed with stage I-III BC between 2000-2014 were identified through nine cancer registries. Concordance with international guidelines was assessed for 12 items covering clinical/surgical management, combined in a quality-of-care score. We compared score and survival outcome between the two linguistic-geographic regions of Switzerland (Swiss-Latin and Swiss-German) and evaluated the impact of quality-of-care on survival.

Results

A total of 2477 women were included. The median age was 37.3 years (IQR 34.0-39.4 years), with 50.3% h

SUBMITTER: Montagna G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8909610 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature