Clinicopathological features, treatment patterns, and survival outcomes among Syrian patients with advanced breast cancer

Autor: Muhammad Muhammad, Mousa Alali, Maher Saifo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Frontiers in Oncology, Vol 14 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2234-943X
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1417053
Popis: BackgroundAdvanced breast cancer (ABC) is a heterogeneous disease with varied prognoses, that is affected by many clinicopathological features. This study aimed to investigate the clinicopathological characteristics, first-line treatment (FLx), and prognostic impact of these features on survival among Syrian patients with ABC.Materials and methodsThis retrospective cohort study included patients with ABC. The association of clinicopathological factors with survival was assessed using Kaplan-Meier curves and the log-rank test, as well as the Cox proportional hazards regression model to calculate the hazard ratio (HaR).ResultsA total of 423 patients with ABC were included in the study, with a median age (range) of 47 years (23-82). 83% of metastases were metachronous. Most patients (91.8%) received chemotherapy as the FLx. The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) of all the patients were 7 and 16 months, respectively. The median PFS was associated with four factors, which were time of metastasis (adjusted HaR=1.861, 95% CI 1.420-2.438, P
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