Disease free interval and survival after dissemination of breast cancer

• Tumour and patients characteristics were analysed and correlated to disease development in 184 women who were consecutively diagnosed with systemic breast cancer. Nottingham histologic grade (NHG) and steroid receptor content were significantly associated with disease-free interval and survival after dissemination. In the multiple regression analysis, NHG was the strongest predictor. Patients with tumours of grade 1 had median disease-free interval of 8,9 years; tumours of grade 2 4,4 years and patients with grade 3 tumours 1,8 years. Grade 2 patients had a median survival after dissemination of 2,6 years and patients with grade 3 tumours 1,2 years. Only 1 of the 12 grade 1 patients are so far diseased. 85 patients participated in a prospective trial assessing the value of serum cerbb-2 as prognostic indicator. Patients with high serum-cerbb-2 levels when distant disease was diagnosed had a more rapid disease development.Tumour grade was associated with disease-free interval and post-recurrence survival. Follow up progranunes could be differentiated according to tumour grade.

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