North Clin Istanb. 2021 Mar 24;8(2):124-129. doi: 10.14744/nci.2020.06332. eCollection 2021.
Characteristics and clinical outcome of pT1a-b node-negative breast cancer.
Northern clinics of Istanbul
Abdilkerim Oyman, Mustafa Basak, Hatice Odabas, Melike Ozcelik
Affiliations
Affiliations
- Department of Medical Oncology, University of Health Sciences Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. Lutfi Kirdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
PMID: 33851075
PMCID: PMC8039097 DOI: 10.14744/nci.2020.06332
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Tumor size, along with other clinicopathological characteristics, has a prognostic role in breast cancer. Recurrence risk tends to rise as tumor size increases. Early T-stage portends a good prognosis. We aimed to investigate the recurrence-free interval rates of T1abN0 group of early breast cancer.
METHODS: Patients diagnosed with pT1a and T1b, lymph node metastasis-negative breast cancer were included in the study. Clinicopathologic characteristics including recurrence, distant metastasis, and final status of the patients were obtained retrospectively from the patient files.
RESULTS: A total of 84 patients included. Twenty-six patients (31%) had T1a and 58 patients (69%) had T1b tumors. The 5-year distant relapse-free survival (DRFS) rate of T1ab tumors was 95.2%. The DRFS rate of T1a tumors was 96.2%, while the rate of T1b tumors was 94.8% (p=0.555). The 5-year RFS rate of T1ab tumors was 90.5%. The RFS rate of T1a tumors was 84.6%, whereas the rate of T1b tumors was 93.1% (p=0.359). The 5-year DRFS rate of hormone receptor positive group was 97%, Her-2 positive group was 81.8%, and triple negative group was 100% (p=0.041). The 5-year RFS rate of the hormone receptor positive group was 97%, Her-2 positive group was 72.7%, and triple negative group was 57.1% (p=0.001).
CONCLUSION: The results of the study provided that both T1a and T1b tumors have a good and similar prognosis.
Copyright: © 2021 by Istanbul Northern Anatolian Association of Public Hospitals.
Keywords: Distant relapse-free survival; T1ab; early breast cancer
Conflict of interest statement
Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
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