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Bilateral breast cancer.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8239195     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Seventy-eight confirmed cases of second primary breast cancer in the contralateral breast were encountered over a 22-year period in 1332 women with invasive breast cancer treated in our department. Tumors were grouped into those simultaneously detected in both breasts or within 6 months of each other (synchronous, 1.6%) and those detected within more than 6 months (metachronous, 4.2%). The mean interval between metachronous cancers was 117 months. Patients with bilateral tumors were more likely to have a family history of breast cancer than those with unilateral disease. Women with metachronous tumors tended to be younger when diagnosed with the first carcinoma as compared with those having unilateral or synchronous bilateral cancers. No differences were noticed in size and lymph node status between the first or second tumor of bilateral cases in comparison to patients with unilateral disease. Significantly more (P < 0.05) first metachronous tumors were found to be lobular invasive cancers. Histopathologic type of the first tumor was the same as the second in 62.8 per cent of all cases. Concordance of estrogen receptor status between bilateral tumors was 71.4 per cent. Our results indicate that the risk of developing, a contralateral breast cancer is related to the patient's age, family history of breast cancer, and lobular histology of the tumor.
Authors:
J Gogas; C Markopoulos; P Skandalakis; H Gogas
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American surgeon     Volume:  59     ISSN:  0003-1348     ISO Abbreviation:  Am Surg     Publication Date:  1993 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1993-12-02     Completed Date:  1993-12-02     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370522     Medline TA:  Am Surg     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  733-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Second Propedeutic Department of Surgery, University of Athens, Greece.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Breast Neoplasms / chemistry,  classification,  diagnosis,  epidemiology*
Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / classification,  diagnosis,  epidemiology*
Carcinoma, Lobular / chemistry,  classification,  epidemiology*,  pathology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Lymphatic Metastasis
Menarche
Menopause
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / chemistry,  classification,  diagnosis,  epidemiology*
Neoplasms, Second Primary / chemistry,  classification,  diagnosis,  epidemiology*
Parity
Receptors, Estrogen / analysis
Risk Factors
Time Factors
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Receptors, Estrogen

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