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. 2018 May;39(5):464-469.
doi: 10.15537/smj.2018.5.21993.

Age distribution and outcomes in patients undergoing breast cancer resection in Saudi Arabia. A single-institute study

Balqis Alabdulkarim  1 , Mazen Hassanain, Areej Bokhari, Abdulaziz AlSaif, Hana Alkarji
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Age distribution and outcomes in patients undergoing breast cancer resection in Saudi Arabia. A single-institute study

Balqis Alabdulkarim et al. Saudi Med J. 2018 May.

Abstract

Objectives: In response to rising incidence and mortality we aimed to investigate the demographic characteristics of patients with operative breast cancer in our region.

Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 224 patients who underwent surgery for breast cancer at King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between 2005 and 2012. Results: We identified a young population overall with a mean age of 48.8±12.2 years (range: 26-93 years). Survival rate were however similar across all age groups with a 10-year overall survival of 87%. Conclusion: Patients in our study were generally younger than those with breast cancer in Western nations. However, unlike Western countries, young age was not associated with worse outcomes.

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Figure 1
Ten-year projected overall survival analysis of the study population (N=80).
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Figure 2
Overall survival by age group. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis for the 2 age groups: <45 years (n=38) and older than 45 (n=42).
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