PMID- 8610264
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19960528
LR  - 20190727
IS  - 0039-6109 (Print)
IS  - 0039-6109 (Linking)
VI  - 76
IP  - 2
DP  - 1996 Apr
TI  - Breast cancer in young women.
PG  - 279-87
AB  - Breast cancer is an uncommon disease in women under the age of 40 years, 
      reportedly accounting for 7.5% of reported cases. Delay in diagnosis is 
      attributable to a clinically low index of suspicion, difficulty in examining 
      dense and nodular breasts in younger women, and less frequently performed 
      screening mammography. Genetic mutations should be suspected in women with breast 
      cancer who are under the age of 30 years. In relation to older women, younger 
      women have more adverse pathologic features and have a poorer prognosis. Younger 
      age, per se, is not a contraindication to breast-conserving surgery. In 
      node-negative young women, the benefits of adjuvant chemotherapy need to be 
      considered in relation to the short- and long-term risks of treatment. A strong 
      support system should be in place to deal with the adverse psychosocial impact of 
      the disease.
FAU - Winchester, D P
AU  - Winchester DP
AD  - Department of Surgery, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - United States
TA  - Surg Clin North Am
JT  - The Surgical clinics of North America
JID - 0074243
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Breast Neoplasms/*epidemiology/genetics/physiopathology/therapy
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Prognosis
RF  - 72
EDAT- 1996/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1996/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1996/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1996/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - S0039-6109(05)70439-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0039-6109(05)70439-4 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Surg Clin North Am. 1996 Apr;76(2):279-87. doi: 10.1016/s0039-6109(05)70439-4.