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Thursday, June 12, 2008

Fwd: Pattern of metastatic spread in triple-negative breast cancer.



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From: HubMed - breast cancer <rssfwd@rssfwd.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Subject: Pattern of metastatic spread in triple-negative breast cancer.
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[1]Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Jun 10;
Dent R, Hanna WM, Trudeau M, Rawlinson E, Sun P, Narod SA

Purpose The prognosis of women with triple-negative breast cancers (defined as cancers that are estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor-negative and HER2/neu negative) is poor, compared to women with other subtypes of breast cancer. It is proposed that the underlying difference in recurrence rates may be explained in part by different routes of metastatic spread. Experimental design We studied a cohort of 1608 patients diagnosed with breast cancer, diagnosed between January 1987 and December 1997 at Women's College Hospital in Toronto. Triple-negative breast cancers were defined as those that were estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor-negative and HER2/neu-negative. We compared the incidence rates of metastatic spread to bone and to other (non-bone) organs in women with triple-negative and other forms of breast cancer. Results Of the 1,608 patients, 180 (11.2%) had triple-negative breast cancer. The 1608 women were followed for a median of 9.0 years (range 0.1-19 years). Compared to other patients, those with triple-negative breast cancer had an increased likelihood of distant recurrence over the study period (adjusted hazard ratio (HR) 1.9; 95% CI: 1.5-2.5, P

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Source: http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18543098
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