title: [What are the prognostic factors in operable breast cancer without histologic axillary lymph node invasiveness. Results of an uni- and multifactorial analysis].
abstract: Between October 1977 and December 1983, 379 consecutive patients have been treated for unilateral, non metastatic breast cancer, either with conservative (n = 205) or radical surgery (n = 174), with axillary dissection in all the cases. None of them had histologically proved lymph node involvement. Adjuvant radiotherapy was given in 268 cases. Estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) levels were measured on each tumor. Levels greater than 5 fmoles/mg cytosolic protein were considered as positive for both ER and PR. At 5 years, overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) are respectively 88% and 79%. Unifactorial analysis using KAPLAN and MEIER estimates and Logrank test revealed that OS was significantly related to age, tumor size, histopathological grading, ER and PR. DFS was significantly related to the same factors. Menopausal status, number of intra mammary tumor foci, previous familial history of breast cancer were not significant. Multifactorial analysis revealed that DFS was significantly related to age (bad prognosis [bp]: less than or equal to 37 years old), tumor size, histopathological grading (bp: SBR = 3) and that OS was significantly related to tumor size and PR (bp: PR less than or equal to 5 fmoles/mg protein). A prognostic score was obtained which sampled our patients into 3 significantly different (P less than 0.0001) groups with high, intermediate and low risk of relapse. These results suggest that tumor size, histopathological grading and PR have their own prognostic weight in histologically node negative breast cancer. Grouping these factors together allows to define a high risk relapse group that could benefit from adjuvant treatment.
authors.affiliation: Centre Henri-Becquerel, Rouen, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chevallier
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heintzman
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mosseri
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Graic
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bastit
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dauce
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maisse
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cauchois
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cabanne
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Asselain
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Quels sont les facteurs pronostiques du cancer du sein opérable sans envahissement ganglionnaire axillaire histologique? Résultats d'une analyse uni-et multifactorielle.