Breast conservation therapy for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): does presentation of disease affect long-term outcomes?
Bai HX, Motwani SB, Higgins SA, Haffty BG, Wilson LD, Lannin DR, Evans SB, Moran MS. Breast conservation therapy for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS): does presentation of disease affect long-term outcomes? International Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2013, 19: 460-466. PMID: 23780727, DOI: 10.1007/s10147-013-0575-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast conservation treatmentLocal relapse-free survivalRelapse-free survivalSigns/symptomsLong-term outcomesDCIS patientsPhysical signs/symptomsTumor sizeER/PR/HERWorse long-term prognosisSignificant overall survival differenceAdjuvant hormone treatmentLong-term prognosisOverall survival differenceBreast conservation therapyLarger tumor sizeStatus of marginsNon-white racePresentation of diseaseMedian followClinicopathological differencesNodal involvementOverall survivalIndependent predictorsConservation therapyAre Breast Cancer Subtypes Prognostic for Nodal Involvement and Associated with Clinicopathologic Features at Presentation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer?
Jones T, Neboori H, Wu H, Yang Q, Haffty BG, Evans S, Higgins S, Moran MS. Are Breast Cancer Subtypes Prognostic for Nodal Involvement and Associated with Clinicopathologic Features at Presentation in Early-Stage Breast Cancer? Annals Of Surgical Oncology 2013, 20: 2866-2872. PMID: 23661183, PMCID: PMC5731457, DOI: 10.1245/s10434-013-2994-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNodal involvementClinicopathologic featuresSignificant associationStage I/II diseaseCancer subtypesDistant metastasis-free survivalEarly-stage breast cancerResultsThe study cohortAxillary node involvementBreast-conserving surgeryMetastasis-free survivalUseful prognostic variableBreast cancer subtypesAvailable tissue blocksNode involvementNode positivityNodal metastasisPathological reviewStudy cohortT stageTumor characteristicsTumor histologyTumor sizeProgesterone receptorSurgical assessment