Being 40 or younger is an independent risk factor for relapse in operable breast cancer patients
Elkum N, Dermime S, Ajarim D, et al. Being 40 or younger is an independent risk factor for relapse in operable breast cancer patients: the Saudi Arabia experience. BMC Cancer. 2007 Dec 5;7:222. PMID: 18053234
The open-source journal BMC Cancer published this study, which is interesting not least because young women are increasingly at risk for breast cancer.
From the discussion:
"Patients included in this study illustrate interesting characteristics where 33.2% are young (≤ 40 years) and 66.8% are pre-menopausal. While the median age at presentation is around 63 years in the United States and Western Europe, the median age at presentation in this study is 45 years. The young age of patients in this study is attributed to the overall age distribution in the KSA, where 50% of the population is less than 15 years of age and only 3% are older than 65 years. These patients’ characteristics are in sharp contrast with those reported in the West."
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