title: Survival of patients with relapsing breast cancer: analysis of 302 patients.
abstract: This retrospective study analyzes overall survival and relapse-free survival after mastectomy and survival after recurrence of 302 patients with metastatic breast cancer. In the whole group the median survival after mastectomy is 99 months: 5-year survival rate is 68.4% and 10-year survival rate is 38.5%. The median survival from relapse was 36 months: 5-year and 10-year survival rates were respectively 26.8 and 18.9%. Various subsets of patients divided according to several prognostic factors have been analyzed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000401:mortality; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000032:analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011960:Receptors, Estrogen