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15177420

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-4
pubmed:abstractText
The aim of this study was to investigate whether multifocality (MF) is a factor that has significant effect on overall survival when controlling for known prognostic factors. A cohort of 929 breast cancer patients operated between 1985 and 1990 was investigated. Of these, 158 (17%) patients had MF tumors and 771 had unifocal tumors. To investigate whether MF is an independent prognostic factor for overall survival in breast cancer, a Cox regression model was applied. Only tumor size, positive lymph nodes, histologic grade and receptor status had a significant effect on overall survival in the multivariate analysis. We found a positive correlation between tumor size and MF and between the number of positive lymph nodes and MF. In conclusion, MF had no significant effect on overall survival besides that which can be explained by other prognostic factors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0960-9776
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2003 Elsevier Ltd.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
188-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The prognostic influence of multifocality in breast cancer patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group(DBCG), Blegdamsvej 9, Section 7003, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. dr.lena@tiscali.dk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article