Relationship between the size of the primary tumor, the presence of lymph node metastases and the survival of breast cancer patients

An analysis is given of 449 case reports of patients with nodular breast cancer for the period from 1953 to 1967, who showed one tumor node. Most of patients (68%) were radically operated upon, tumor size being 1--4 cm. This is characteristic of patients both with and without metastases in lymph nod...

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Published in:	Voprosy onkologij Vol. 24; no. 8; p. 65
Main Authors:	Tikhonova, N A, Gretsova, V I
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Russian
Published:	Russia (Federation) 1978
Subjects:	Breast Neoplasms - mortality Breast Neoplasms - pathology Female Humans Lymphatic Metastasis
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Summary:	An analysis is given of 449 case reports of patients with nodular breast cancer for the period from 1953 to 1967, who showed one tumor node. Most of patients (68%) were radically operated upon, tumor size being 1--4 cm. This is characteristic of patients both with and without metastases in lymph nodes. An average tumor size in the presence of metastases was 3.6 cm, without metastases--3.1 cm. With increasing tumor size the number of patients with lymph node metastases increases too. Metastases were found in 22.2% +/- 13.8% of patients with the tumor up to 1 cm, in 43.4% +/- 5,4% of patients with the tumor up to 1--2 cm. A five-year survival depends on tumor size and, to a greater extent, on the presence of metastases in lymph nodes.
ISSN:	0507-3758