title: [Patterns of recurrence and survival in breast cancer].
abstract: Sixty-nine patients have shown recurrence after curative (standard, extended and modified) mastectomy from 1969 to 1978 in our department. Recurrence patterns and prognostic factors were analyzed using life-table and log-rank methods. Thirty-four patients (49%) developed their first recurrence within two years after surgery and died within two years after that. This period seemed to be high-risk after surgery and first recurrence. The disease-free interval and survival after first recurrence seemed to be shorter with the more advanced presenting Tnm stage. The disease-free and recurrence-to-death intervals of patients with first loco-regional recurrence seemed to be longer than those with first distant metastases.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008408:Mastectomy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000401:mortality*