Breast cancer patients 35 years of age and younger experience poorer outcomes, especially those with ER-positive, ERBB2-negative breast cancer, according to a new study in JAMA Network. The study found that these younger patients had higher recurrence rates than older patients with the same types of breast cancer. Previous studies have shown that young patients with breast cancer with estrogen receptor (ER)–positive and ERBB2-negative tumors can have a poor prognosis. Dr. Dong Seung Shin of the Division of Breast Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University of Medicine, Republic of Korea, and colleagues wanted to know if age was an ...
Disparities in Breast Cancer
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