Open AccessBreast conservative therapy in Pakistani women: Prognostic factors for locoregional recurrence and overall survival
Author(s) -
Abu Bakar Hafeez Bhatti,
Arif Jamshed,
Mazhar Ali Shah,
Amina Khan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.140828
Subject(s) - medicine , multivariate analysis , breast cancer , stage (stratigraphy) , oncology , univariate analysis , hormonal therapy , population , survival analysis , proportional hazards model , cancer , paleontology , environmental health , biology
Breast conservative therapy (BCT) is an established method of treating early stage invasive breast cancer. Survival after BCT in Pakistani population has not been reported. This study was carried out to report locoregional control and overall survival (OS) after BCT for invasive breast cancer and analyze prognostic factors in Pakistani population.