Natural History of Invasive Papillary Breast Carcinoma Followed for 10 Years: A Case Report and Literature Review

Table 1

Literature review on the natural history of untreated breast cancer. Adapted from H. J. Bloom, W. W. Richardson, and E. J. Harries, “Natural history of untreated breast cancer (1805–1933). Comparison of untreated and treated cases according to histological grade of malignancy.” Br Med J, vol. 2, no. 5299, p. 213, 1962 [1].

Authors	Year	Number	Area	Period	Mean duration of life	Median duration of life
Bloom	1962	250	UK	1805–1933	35.5	32.4
Wade	1946	26	UK	1931–1941	32.6	—
Nathanson	1936	100	USA	1912–1932	—	30
Forber	1931	64	UK	1928-1929	39.3	—
Daland	1927	100	USA	—	40.5	30
Greenwood	1926	651	UK	—	38.4	27.6

Months.