New method estimates risk for recurrence in breast cancer

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"The researchers found a higher risk for recurrence among women who were diagnosed with breast cancer at an older age or in an earlier period (1992-1999 versus 2000-2013), had a more advanced stage of disease, or had hormone receptor (HR)-negative tumors. The projected percent recurring within five years was 2.5, 9.6, and 34.5 percent for stages I, II, and III HR-positive tumors and 6.5, 20.2, and 48.5 percent for stages I, II, and III HR-negative tumors among women diagnosed at ages 60 to 74 years in 2000 to 2013. Soon after diagnosis, HR-positive cases had a lower risk for recurrence, but their risk persisted longer than that of HR-negative cases. The results showed a high degree of robustness to model assumptions."

http://cebp.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2018/10/16/1055-9965.EPI-17-1129

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