| Category |
Oncology |
| Manuscript Type |
Retrospective Study |
| Article Title |
Risk factors and natural history of breast cancer in younger Chinese women
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| Manuscript Source |
Invited Manuscript |
| All Author List |
Winnie Yeo, Hang-Mei Lee, Amy Chan, Emily YY Chan, Miranda CM Chan, Keeng-Wai Chan, Sharon WW Chan, Foon-Yiu Cheung, Polly SY Cheung, Peter HK Choi, Josette SY Chor, William WL Foo, Wing-Hong Kwan, Stephen CK Law, Lawrence PK Li, Janice WH Tsang, Yuk Tung, Lorna LS Wong, Ting-Ting Wong, Chun-Chung Yau, Tsz-Kok Yau and Benny CY Zee |
| Funding Agency and Grant Number |
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| Corresponding Author |
Winnie MM Yeo, MBBS (Lond), AKC (Lond), MRCP(UK), FHKCP(HK), FHKAM(HK), FRCP (Lond), FRCP (Glasg), Professor, Department of Clinical Oncology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong. research@hkbcf.org |
| Key Words |
Hong Kong breast cancer registry; Breast cancer; Younger Chinese women; Sociodemographic characteristics; Risk factors; Clinicopathological characteristics; Breast cancer treatment |
| Core Tip |
We conducted this study to investigate the age differences in the risk factors associated with breast cancer development of female breast cancer patients in Hong Kong. Further, among patients with invasive cancers, we compared the clinicopathological characteristics and the treatments received between these two groups of patients. Younger patients in Hong Kong were found to be more likely to encounter risk factors associated with breast cancer development and have more aggressive tumours than their older counterparts. Based on the current findings, we will conduct further research to evaluate the impact of age at diagnosis on the outcomes of the disease. |
| Publish Date |
2014-12-11 14:23 |
| Citation |
Yeo W, Lee HM, Chan A, Chan EYY, Chan MCM, Chan KW, Chan SWW, Cheung FY, Cheung PSY, Choi PHK, Chor JSY, Foo WWL, Kwan WH, Law SCK, Li LPK, Tsang JWH, Tung Y, Wong LLS, Wong TT, Yau CC, Yau TK, Zee BCY. Risk factors and natural history of breast cancer in younger Chinese women. World J Clin Oncol 2014; 5(5): 1097-1106 |
| URL |
http://www.wjgnet.com/2218-4333/full/v5/i5/1097.htm |
| DOI |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5306/wjco.v5.i5.1097 |
