Bilateral breast cancer: analysis of incidence, outcome, survival and disease characteristics

EAH Kheirelseid, H Jumustafa, N Miller… - Breast cancer research …, 2011 - Springer
There has been conflicting evidence on the impact of bilateral breast cancer (BBC) on the
survival and management of patients. The objectives of this study were to address the …

Survival after bilateral breast cancer: results from a population-based study

HM Verkooijen, V Chatelain, G Fioretta… - Breast cancer research …, 2007 - Springer
Background Controversy exists on the impact of bilaterality of breast cancer on survival. We
used population-based data to compare survival of women with unilateral versus bilateral …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical characteristics and outcomes of bilateral breast cancer in an Australian cohort

KR Beckmann, J Buckingham, P Craft, JE Dahlstrom… - The Breast, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Uncertainty remains about the impact of bilateral breast cancer. Characteristics
and outcomes of unilateral and bilateral breast cancer were compared within an Australian …

Comparison of clinicopathological characteristics and prognoses between bilateral and unilateral breast cancer

YX Shi, Q Xia, RJ Peng, ZY Yuan, SS Wang… - Journal of cancer …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The clinical significance of bilateral breast cancer is unclear and its influence on
prognosis is controversial. We compared the characteristics and prognosis of bilateral breast …

Bilateral breast carcinoma: clinical characteristics and its impact on survival

HD Vuoto, AM García, GB Candás… - The breast …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The higher incidence of breast cancer, the improvements in diagnosis and treatment,
together with the growing life expectancy have brought about an increase in the number of …

The long-term outcome of synchronous bilateral breast cancer is worse than metachronous or unilateral tumours

AR Carmichael, S Bendall, L Lockerbie… - European Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Aim: There is uncertainty in the literature as to whether bilateral breast cancer carries a
worse prognosis than unilateral disease because some studies suggest that the …

Synchronous, bilateral breast cancer: prognostic value and incidence

JJ Jobsen, J Van der Palen, F Ong, JH Meerwaldt - The breast, 2003 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to address the question whether patients with bilateral breast
cancer (BBC) have a worse prognosis in terms of recurrence and survival than patients with …

Bilateral breast carcinoma: risk factors and outcomes for patients with synchronous and metachronous disease

DE Heron, LT Komarnicky, T Hyslop, GF Schwartz… - Cancer, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the outcomes of bilateral breast
carcinoma (BBC) patients with those of patients who had unilateral disease. METHODS …

Bilateral breast cancer, synchronous and metachronous; differences and outcome

JJ Jobsen, J Van der Palen, F Ong… - Breast cancer research …, 2015 - Springer
The aims of this study were twofold: to analyze the incidence of patients having synchronous
or metachronous bilateral invasive breast cancer (SBBC and MBBC) and to assess the …

The impact of bilateral breast cancer on the prognosis of breast cancer: a comparative study with unilateral breast cancer

H Takahashi, K Watanabe, M Takahashi, K Taguchi… - Breast cancer, 2005 - Springer
Background The clinical significance of bilateral breast cancer is unclear and its influence
on prognosis is controversial. We assessed the impact of synchronous and metachronous …