Time trends in incidence rates and survival of newly diagnosed stage IV breast cancer by tumor histology: a population-based analysis
Di Meglio A, Freedman RA, Lin NU, Barry WT, Metzger-Filho O, Keating NL, King TA, Sertoli MR, Boccardo F, Winer EP, Vaz-Luis I. Time trends in incidence rates and survival of newly diagnosed stage IV breast cancer by tumor histology: a population-based analysis. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2016, 157: 587-596. PMID: 27271765, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-3845-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic breast cancerMedian overall survivalOverall survivalPopulation-based analysisDuctal carcinomaLobular carcinomaAnnual percent changeBreast cancerIncidence rateDe novo metastatic breast cancerEnd Results 9 registriesHormone receptor-positive tumorsNovo metastatic breast cancerMultivariable Cox regression modelsStage IV breast cancerAnnual age-adjusted incidence ratesAge-adjusted incidence ratesAdjusted hazard ratioBetter overall survivalDate of diagnosisReceptor-positive tumorsBreast cancer incidenceCox regression modelHazard ratioTumor histology