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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 50, 期 10, 页码 1697-1705出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.04.002
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Age; Distant metastasis; Relationship; Breast cancer
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- National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- King's College London
- Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS) [AMS-SGCL6-Cariati] Funding Source: researchfish
Introduction: Predictors for site of distant metastasis and impact on survival in breast cancer are incompletely understood. Methods: Clinico-pathological risk factors for site of distant metastasis and survival were analysed in patients with invasive breast cancer treated between 1986 and 2006. Results: Of 3553 patients, with median follow-up 6.32 years, 825(23%) developed distant metastasis. The site of metastasis was bone in 196/825(24%), viscera in 540/825(65%) and unknown in 89 (11%). Larger primary invasive tumour size, higher tumour grade and axillary nodal positivity increased risk of metastasis to all sites. Lobular carcinoma was more likely to first metastasise to bone compared to invasive ductal carcinoma (NST). Oestrogen receptor (ER) negative, progesterone receptor (PgR) negative and/or Human epidermal growth factor (HER2) positive tumours were more likely to metastasise to viscera. A striking relationship between increasing age at diagnosis and a reduction in risk of distant metastasis to bone and viscera was observed. Median time to death from onset of metastatic disease was 1.52 (Interquartile range (IQR) 0.7-2.9) years for patients with bone metastasis and 0.7 (IQR 0.2-1.5) years for visceral metastasis. On multivariate analysis, despite the decrease in risk of distant metastasis with increasing age, there was an elevated hazard for death in patients >50 years at diagnosis of metastasis if they developed bone metastasis, with a similar trend observed in the >70 years age group if they developed visceral metastasis. Conclusion: These findings indicate that there are biological mechanisms underlying the impact of age on the development of distant metastasis and subsequent death. This may have important implications in the treatment of breast cancer. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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