Contralateral breast carcinoma: An assessment of risk and prognosis in stage I (T1N0M0) and stage II (T1N1M0) patients with 20-year follow-up Journal Article
| Authors: | Rosen, P. P.; Groshen, S.; Kinne, D. W.; Hellman, S. |
| Article Title: | Contralateral breast carcinoma: An assessment of risk and prognosis in stage I (T1N0M0) and stage II (T1N1M0) patients with 20-year follow-up |
| Abstract: | Among 644 patients with a small (T1) primary breast carcinoma who were followed up for a median of 18.2 years, subsequent contralateral breast carcinomas were detected in 57 of 610 women (9%) who had a contralateral breast at risk. The average annual hazard rate for contralateral carcinomas was 8 1000 patients at risk per year without significant fluctuations throughout the 20 years of follow-up. Recurrences were caused by 9 of 57 (16%) subsequent contralateral carcinomas, and 4 of the 57 patients (7%) died of recurrent contralateral carcinomas. Contralateral carcinomas were responsible for 5.1% (9 of 176) of all recurrences of breast carcinomas and 2.6% (4 of 153) of breast carcinoma deaths. Surveillance of the contralateral breast must continue throughout a patient's lifetime. Detection and treatment of subsequent lesions at an early stage is a beneficial result of follow-up, especially in women whose first carcinoma is likely to have been cured. © 1989. |
| Keywords: | retrospective studies; major clinical study; comparative study; combined modality therapy; cancer staging; follow up; follow-up studies; neoplasm staging; neoplasm recurrence, local; breast cancer; mastectomy; risk factors; age factors; breast neoplasms; risk factor; time factors; carcinoma in situ; carcinoma; neoplasms, multiple primary; fatality; prognosis; human; female; priority journal |
| Journal Title: | Surgery |
| Volume: | 106 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| ISSN: | 0039-6060 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Inc. |
| Date Published: | 1989-11-01 |
| Start Page: | 904 |
| End Page: | 910 |
| Language: | English |
| PUBMED: | 2814824 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
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| Notes: | Article -- Export Date: 14 April 2020 -- Source: Scopus |
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