Mammographic tumor features can predict long-term outcomes reliably in women with 1-14-mm invasive breast carcinoma
Abstract
The radiologic images of 1-14-mm invasive breast carcinomas can be classified into 5 separate categories. The use of these mammographic indicators to predict patient outcome has important prognostic and therapeutic implications. To verify the results of previous studies conducted with smaller numbers of patients, the authors studied the 24-year survival of 714 women with 1-14-mm invasive breast carcinoma according to mammographic prognostic factors. The association of mammographic features with lymph node status, histologic malignancy grade, and 24-year survival in 714 women with invasive breast carcinomas that measured 1-14 mm also was evaluated. Adjustments were made for tumor characteristics and treatment factors in the survival analysis. The most common mammographic feature was a stellate lesion with no associated calcifications (420 women; 59%). Patients with stellate lesions had excellent long-term survival (95%). Casting-type calcifications were observed in 52 women (7%) and were associated significantly with a positive lymph node status (odds ratio [OR], 3.29; 95% confidence interval [95% CI], 1.41-7.67), poorer histologic grade (OR, 7.04; 95% CI, 3.77-13.16), and an increased risk of death from breast carcinoma (HR, 9....Continue Reading
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