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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment 3/2009

01.04.2009 | Epidemiology

Time-varying pattern of recurrence risk for Chinese breast cancer patients

verfasst von: Wenjin Yin, Genhong Di, Liheng Zhou, Jinsong Lu, Guangyu Liu, Jiong Wu, Kunwei Shen, Qixia Han, Zhenzhou Shen, Zhimin Shao

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment | Ausgabe 3/2009

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Abstract

Purpose To analyze the rule of recurrence risk for breast cancer patients after surgery in order to get characteristics for Chinese breast cancer. Methods We performed a retrospective study of 2,213 female unilateral breast cancer patients undergoing surgery in Cancer hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Survival curves were performed with Kaplan–Meier method and annual recurrence hazard was estimated by hazard function. Results Annual recurrence hazard curve for entire population showed a double-peaked pattern, with a first major recurrence surge reaching the maximum at the second year after surgery and a second recurrence peak near the 9.5th year. The analysis according to tumor size, axillary lymph node (ALN) status (T1 + T2 versus T3, node-positive versus node-negative) and menopausal status as well as hormone receptor (HR) status proved that the double-peaked pattern was present in each subgroup. Compared with ER-positive tumors, ER-negative breast cancers were more likely to recur early. As far as Her-2/neu status was concerned, Her-2/neu-positive patients exhibited a relatively pronounced and variable pattern and tended to have more relapse across all time periods (P < 0.05). Conclusions The double-peaked pattern observed in our patients gives further support to tumor dormancy hypothesis. It contributes to different treatment strategies (e.g. the type and timing of adjuvant therapy) for different patients, which provide the possibility to improve survival.
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Metadaten
Titel
Time-varying pattern of recurrence risk for Chinese breast cancer patients
verfasst von
Wenjin Yin
Genhong Di
Liheng Zhou
Jinsong Lu
Guangyu Liu
Jiong Wu
Kunwei Shen
Qixia Han
Zhenzhou Shen
Zhimin Shao
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2009
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment / Ausgabe 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0167-6806
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7217
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10549-008-0022-5

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