ASO Author Reflections: Improving Efficiency of Care for Young Women with Breast Cancer
| العنوان: | ASO Author Reflections: Improving Efficiency of Care for Young Women with Breast Cancer |
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| المؤلفون: | Erin Cordeiro, Evelyne Guay, Amanda Roberts |
| المصدر: | Annals of Surgical Oncology |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Oncology, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Surgery, Breast, Breast Oncology |
| الوصف: | Background Breast cancer in young women (ages 18–40 years) is rare, yet remains a leading cause of cancer-related death. Time to treatment (TTT) is an increasingly important factor in breast cancer outcomes, specifically time to systemic therapy. Our objective was to review patterns of care for young women presenting with invasive breast cancer and compare TTT for surgery first versus neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Patients and Methods A retrospective chart review of young women with non-metastatic, non-inflammatory invasive breast cancer between 2012 and 2018 at a single institution was completed. The primary outcome was time to first treatment (surgery or NAC). Results One hundred forty-two young women were treated for invasive breast cancer during the study period. The majority of patients underwent surgery first (57.7%) compared with NAC (42.3%). Women who underwent NAC were more likely to have abnormal lymph nodes on imaging (p = 0.002) and clinical exam (p |
| تدمد: | 1534-4681 1068-9265 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::d2cf33b83482affe88d119a2533329c0Test https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-11164-xTest |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....d2cf33b83482affe88d119a2533329c0 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15344681 10689265 |
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