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ArticlePloS one2021

Survival outcomes in elderly Taiwanese women according to breast cancer subtype and lymph node status: A single-center retrospective study.

Kung-Hung Lin, Huan-Ming Hsu, Kuo-Feng Hsu, Chi-Hong Chu, Zhi-Jie Hong, Chun-Yu Fu, Yu-Ching Chou, Golshan Mehra, Ming-Shen Dai, Jyh-Cherng Yu and 1 more

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kung-Hung LinDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Services General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Huan-Ming HsuDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Services General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kuo-Feng HsuDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Services General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chi-Hong ChuDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Services General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Zhi-Jie HongDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Services General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chun-Yu FuDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Services General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Yu-Ching ChouSchool of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Golshan MehraDepartment of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Ming-Shen DaiDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jyh-Cherng YuDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Services General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Guo-Shiou LiaoDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Services General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-1082-679X
National Defense Medical Center · TWBrigham and Women's Hospital · USKaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital · TWTri-Service General Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the rates of overall survival and recurrence-free survival among elderly Taiwanese women (>65 years old) according to breast cancer subtype and lymph node status. We identified 554 eligible patients who were >65 years old and had been treated based on international recommendations at our center between June 2005 and June 2015. Patients with the luminal A subtype had the highest rates of overall survival (90.6%) and recurrence-free survival (97.0%), while the lowest overall survival rate was observed in those with the triple-negative subtype (81.3%) and the lowest recurrence-free survival rate was observed in those with the luminal B subtype (84.0%). Multivariate Cox proportional hazard analysis, using the luminal A subtype as the reference, revealed significant differences in recurrence-free survival among luminal B patients according to lymph node status. Among elderly Taiwanese women with breast cancer, the breast cancer subtype might help predict survival outcomes. The luminal B subtype was associated with poor recurrence-free survival, and lymph node status was useful for predicting recurrence-free survival in this subset of patients.

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AgedBreast NeoplasmsDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLymph NodesMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalRetrospective StudiesSurvival AnalysisTaiwan

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PMID34968382
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