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No 'cure' within 12 years of diagnosis among breast cancer patients who are diagnosed via mammographic screening: women diagnosed in the West Midlands region of England 1989-2011.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We have previously reported that there is little evidence of population 'cure' among two populations of women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. 'Cure' has not yet been examined in the context of screen-detection.

Patients and methods

We examined cancer registry data on 19 800 women aged 50-70, diagnosed with a primary, invasive, non-metastatic breast cancer between 1 April 1989 and 31 March 2011 in the West Midlands region of England, linked to Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and the National Breast Screening Service (NBSS). Follow-up was complete on all women up to 31 July 2012. Analyses were stratified by screening status, age, tumour stage, deprivation and ethnicity. We estimated net survival for the whole cohort and each subgroup. Population 'cure' was evaluated by fitting flexible parametric log-cumulative excess hazard regression models in which the excess hazard of breast cancer death was assumed to be equal to zero after a given follow-up time.

Results

There was an overall lack of evidence for 'cure'. Across all subgroups examined, the general pattern was that of a continuous decrease in net survival over time, with no obvious asymptotic tendency within 12 years of follow-up. Model-based analyses confirmed this observation.

Conclusions

Despite dramatic improvements in survival over past decades, diagnosis with breast cancer remains associated with a small but persistent increased risk of death for all groups of women, including those whose cancer is detected asymptomatically. These findings are unlikely to be due to methodological inadequacies. Communication of these long-term consequences of breast cancer among women recently diagnosed and to those considering undergoing screening should take due consideration of these patterns.

SUBMITTER: Woods LM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5091325 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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No 'cure' within 12 years of diagnosis among breast cancer patients who are diagnosed via mammographic screening: women diagnosed in the West Midlands region of England 1989-2011.

Woods L M LM Morris M M Rachet B B

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 20160829 11

<h4>Background</h4>We have previously reported that there is little evidence of population 'cure' among two populations of women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. 'Cure' has not yet been examined in the context of screen-detection.<h4>Patients and methods</h4>We examined cancer registry data on 19 800 women aged 50-70, diagnosed with a primary, invasive, non-metastatic breast cancer between 1 April 1989 and 31 March 2011 in the West Midlands region of England, linked to Hospital Episode Sta ...[more]

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No 'cure' within 12 years of diagnosis among breast cancer patients who are diagnosed via mammographic screening: women diagnosed in the West Midlands region of England 1989-2011.

Background

Patients and methods

Results

Conclusions

Publications

No 'cure' within 12 years of diagnosis among breast cancer patients who are diagnosed via mammographic screening: women diagnosed in the West Midlands region of England 1989-2011.

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