Abstract
Background: Breast cancer rarely occurs in young women. Our knowledge about disease presentation, prognosis and treatment effects are largely dependent upon older series. Materials and methods: We evaluated biological features and stage at presentation for 1427 consecutive premenopausal patients aged ≤50 years with first diagnosis of invasive breast cancer referred to surgery at the European Institute of Oncology from April 1997 to August 2000. A total of 185 patients (13%) were aged
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 273-279 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Annals of Oncology |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- Breast cancer
- Prognostic features
- Very young women
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research