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- Title
Improved survival in metastatic breast cancer: results from a 20-year study involving 1033 women treated at a single comprehensive cancer center.
- Authors
Welt, Anja; Bogner, Simon; Arendt, Marina; Kossow, Josef; Huffziger, Antonia; Pohlkamp, Christian; Steiniger, Heike; Becker, Ute; Alashkar, Ferras; Kohl, Marzena; Wiesweg, Marcel; Richly, Heike; Hense, Jörg; Scheulen, Max E.; Schuler, Martin; Seeber, Siegfried; Tewes, Mitra
- Abstract
Purpose: Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer have changed profoundly over the past 25 years. The outcome improved dramatically and was well quantified for early stage breast cancer (EBC). However, progress in the treatment of metastatic disease has been less convincingly demonstrated. We have studied survival data of patients with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) from a large academic cancer center over a period of 20 years. Methods: Data from 1033 consecutive MBC patients who were treated at the Department of Medical Oncology of the West German Cancer Center from January 1990 to December 2009 were retrospectively analyzed for overall survival (OS) and risk factors. Patients were grouped in 5-year cohorts, and survival parameters of each cohort were compared before and after adjustment for risk factors. Results: Overall survival of patients with MBC treated at specialized center has significantly improved from 1990 to 2010 (hazard ratio 0.7, 95%CI 0.58–0.84). The increments in OS have become less profound over time (median OS 1990–1994: 24.2 months, 1995–1999: 29.6 months, 2000–2004: 36.5 months, 2005–2009: 37.8 months). Conclusion: Survival of patients with MBC has improved between 1990 and 2004, but less from 2005 to 2009. Either this suggests an unnoticed shift in the patient population, or a lesser impact of therapeutic innovations introduced in the most recent period.
- Subjects
METASTATIC breast cancer; SINGLE women; CANCER diagnosis; HORMONE receptor positive breast cancer; TUMOR classification; CANCER
- Publication
Journal of Cancer Research & Clinical Oncology, 2020, Vol 146, Issue 6, p1559
- ISSN
0171-5216
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00432-020-03184-z