Recurrence and survival rates in British and Japanese women with breast cancer.
The biology of breast cancer in Japan appears to be changing in that, while post-menopausal Japanese patients have a better prognosis than comparable British women, no differences in recurrence or survival rates can now be found in pre-menopausal patients.
Allen
D S
DS
Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Dept. of Clinical Endocrinology, London,UK.
Bulbrook
R D
RD
Chaudary
M A
MA
Hayward
J L
JL
Yoshida
M
M
Miura
S
S
Murai
J T
JT
D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D006113:United Kingdom