title: [Prognosis of cancer of the breast in women under 40-years-old. Apropos of 55 cases].
abstract: Between the years 1972 and 1978, 55 women who were less than 40 years of age at the time of the diagnosis of the condition and of the original treatment were studied. 32 of these had local and regional treatment, which was surgery with or without radiotherapy. The remaining 23 had chemotherapy as well. Their prognosis was compared with those of 288 women who were more than 40 years of age and treated during the same period of time. Various comparisons were carried out between the two groups according to their treatment, the size of the tumour and the degree of lymph node invasion. This showed, on the one hand, that chemotherapy was beneficial in all groups whether they were less or more than 40 years of age, and on the other hand, that being young when the condition was first diagnosed made the prognosis poorer.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Pronostic du cancer du sein chez la femme de moins de 40 ans. A propos de 55 cas.