2011
Pathologic features and molecular phenotype by patient age in a large cohort of young women with breast cancer
Collins LC, Marotti JD, Gelber S, Cole K, Ruddy K, Kereakoglow S, Brachtel EF, Schapira L, Come SE, Winer EP, Partridge AH. Pathologic features and molecular phenotype by patient age in a large cohort of young women with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research And Treatment 2011, 131: 1061-1066. PMID: 22080245, DOI: 10.1007/s10549-011-1872-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBasal-like carcinomasBreast cancerPathologic featuresYoung womenPatient ageTumor stageMolecular phenotypesInvasive breast cancerLuminal B tumorsPoor prognostic featuresDifferent age groupsClinical characteristicsB tumorsReceptor statusPrognostic featuresCentral reviewMedical recordsTumor gradeHigh prevalenceLarge cohortGeneral populationAge groupsBiomarker expressionCancerHER2
2005
Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older and Younger Women With Lymph Node–Positive Breast Cancer
Muss HB, Woolf S, Berry D, Cirrincione C, Weiss RB, Budman D, Wood WC, Henderson IC, Hudis C, Winer E, Cohen H, Wheeler J, Norton L, B F. Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older and Younger Women With Lymph Node–Positive Breast Cancer. JAMA 2005, 293: 1073-1081. PMID: 15741529, DOI: 10.1001/jama.293.9.1073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLymph node-positive breast cancerNode-positive breast cancerTreatment-related mortalityDisease-free survivalAdjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancerOverall survivalOlder womenMore chemotherapyOlder patientsHigh treatment-related mortalityAge groupsYoung womenPositive lymph nodesHealthy older patientsDuration of chemotherapyGood general healthSmaller tumor sizeBreast cancer mortalityBreast cancer patientsCommunity medical centerDifferent age groupsTamoxifen useLymph nodesRetrospective review