dc.contributor.author | Basaran, Derman | |
dc.contributor.author | Turgal, Mert | |
dc.contributor.author | Beksac, Kemal | |
dc.contributor.author | Ozyuncu, Ozgur | |
dc.contributor.author | Aran, Omer | |
dc.contributor.author | Beksac, M. Sinan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-12T06:44:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-12T06:44:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1661-3791 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1159/000366436 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11655/16859 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics of patients with pregnancy-associated breast cancer (PABC), with a special focus on diagnostic delays and the identifiable causes of diagnostic delays. Patients and methods: Clinicopathological data of patients treated for PABC between 2003 and 2012 at Hacettepe University Hospital was retrospectively reviewed. Results: 20 patients with PABC were included. The pathological examination revealed predominance of invasive ductal carcinoma (80%), grade III tumors (65%) and advanced-stage (III-IV) disease (75%). In 8 patients (40%), there was a diagnostic delay between occurrence of the presenting symptoms and the initiation of breast mass workup. For these 8 patients, the main identifiable causes of diagnostic delay were the attribution of disease-related symptoms to pregnancy or lactation in 5 (63%) and negligence of symptoms in 2 (25%). Conclusions: PABC mostly presents with advanced-stage disease, and there can be a substantial diagnostic delay before these patients receive treatment. Preconceptional, gestational and postpartum examination of women of reproductive age should include a thorough breast examination and should provide adequate information regarding the physiological changes in breast tissue and the possible pathological symptoms. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Karger | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1159/000366436 | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | Oncology | |
dc.subject | Obstetrics & Gynecology | |
dc.title | Pregnancy-Associated Breast Cancer: Clinicopathological Characteristics of 20 Cases with A Focus On Identifiable Causes of Diagnostic Delay | |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | |
dc.relation.journal | Breast Care | |
dc.contributor.department | Kadın Hastalıkları ve Doğum | |
dc.identifier.volume | 9 | |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 355 | |
dc.identifier.endpage | 359 | |
dc.description.index | WoS | |
dc.description.index | Scopus | |