Locoregional and Distant Recurrence Patterns in Young versus Elderly Women Treated for Breast Cancer
Table 1
Breast cancer characteristics in younger and older women.
Characteristic
Age less than 40 (%)*
Age greater than 75 (%)*
value
Receptor status
ER/PR+#
71 (62.28)
73 (77.66)
0.036
Her2+
11 (9.65)
8 (8.51)
Triple negative
32 (28.07)
13 (13.83)
Grade
1
14 (12.61)
26 (26)
0.001
2
35 (31.53)
42 (42)
3
62 (55.86)
32 (32)
Surgery type
Lumpectomy
69 (55.2)
92 (87.62)
<0.001
Modified radical mastectomy
20 (16.0)
9 (8.57)
Simple mastectomy
17 (13.6)
4 (3.81)
Bilateral mastectomies
19 (15.2)
0 (0)
Adjuvant chemotherapy
No
87 (69.6)
95 (90.48)
<0.001
Yes
38 (30.4)
10 (9.52)
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
No
41 (32.8)
98 (93.33)
<0.001
Yes
84 (67.2)
7 (6.67)
Detected on mammography
No
103 (88.03)
38 (36.89)
<0.001
Yes
14 (11.97)
65 (63.11)
Stage at diagnosis
0/I
25 (21.01)
68 (65.38)
<0.001
II/III
94 (78.99)
36 (34.62)
Postmastectomy radiation
No
16 (28.57)
3 (23.08)
1.000
Yes
40 (71.43)
10 (76.92)
Postlumpectomy radiation
No
5 (7.25)
7 (7.61)
0.931
Yes
64 (92.75)
85 (92.39)
Final margin status
Positive
2 (1.63)
2 (1.96)
0.153
Less than 2 mm
14 (11.38)
21 (20.59)
Greater than 2 mm
107 (86.99)
79 (77.45)
*Total patients for each characteristic may vary due to incomplete medical records for some patients. #ER/PR+: estrogen receptor/progesterone receptor positive.
