Young Age Breast Cancer - A Review
Keywords:
Age Factors, Age of Onset, Breast Neoplasms, Disease ManagementAbstract
Young Age Breast Cancer (YABC) has unparalleled clinical and biological characteristics that are not seen in old age patients. Breast tumor pathophysiology is associated with an unfavorable prognosis in young age ladies. The diagnosis of breast cancer is usually delayed, causing in their presentation with advanced disease. Together, these features lead to a bad prognosis in younger women as compared to women of old age. There is higher rate of recurrence after receiving treatment and therapy. Therefore, it is important to secure ample resection margins and consider encourage radiotherapy to prevent local treatment failure. Based on age exclusively, patients with YABC should be looked upon highrisk cases, and they should be managed with adjuvant chemotherapy. Particular considerations considering psychosocial factors and fertility should be taken into account for young patients. This review talks about the major considerations and rationales concerning the treatment of patients with YABC.
How to cite this article:
Samad A, Zaidi S, Aijaz A. Young Age Breast Cancer - A Review. J Integ Comm Health 2019; 8(2): 27-31.
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