[Survival of women with breast cancer in a hospital-based registry (1979-1991)]

Abstract

We analyzed the survival of 268 women diagnosed with breast cancer between 1979 and 1991, registered at the Tumour Registry of the Hospital S. Jaume i Sta. Magdalena, Mataró (Barcelona). Relative survival rates at two, five and ten years were 0.84, 0.69 and 0.49, respectively. The largest difference in survival was observed in relation to the stage at the time of diagnosis. The survival was worse in women aged between 30 and 39 years and between 80 and 89 years. No significant differences were observed in survival in relation to the interval from first symptoms to diagnosis. The survival at 5 years shows some trend towards improvement during the period between 1979 and 1986.