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Article: Breast cancer in Hong Kong, Southern China: The first population-based analysis of epidemiological characteristics, stage-specific, cancer-specific, and disease-free survival in breast cancer patients: 1997-2001

TitleBreast cancer in Hong Kong, Southern China: The first population-based analysis of epidemiological characteristics, stage-specific, cancer-specific, and disease-free survival in breast cancer patients: 1997-2001
Authors
KeywordsMedicine & Public Health
Surgical Oncology
Oncology
Surgery
Issue Date2011
PublisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.annalssurgicaloncology.org
Citation
Annals Of Surgical Oncology, 2011, v. 18 n. 11, p. 3072-3078 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground: Cancer registries have been set up worldwide to provide information for cancer health planning. There are known variations in breast cancer incidence and mortality worldwide. However, breast cancer incidence, pathological characteristics, and survival data is still underreported in Asian countries. This is the first comprehensive population-based breast cancer study performed using population database of the Hong Kong Cancer Registry. Methods: A retrospective review of medical records of 8,961 subjects who were diagnosed with breast cancer between January 1, 1997 to December 31, 2001 and followed up to December 31, 2007. Descriptive statistics were employed to analyze the epidemiological and clinical data. Estimates of overall, disease-free, and cancer-specific survival at 5 years were estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method and stage-specific relative survival rates were calculated. Results: A total of 7,630 breast cancer patients' medical records and dataset were available during this period, and 7,449 subjects were eligible for the final analysis. Median follow-up was 84 months. A total of 47.4% were diagnosed with breast cancer at age 49 years and younger;22.2%, 46.9%, 10.8%, and 4.1% presented at stages I, II, III, and IV, respectively. A total of 53.5% had ER-positive cancer, and 20.3% had HER2-positive cancers;13.4% had triplenegative cancers. The relative, cancer-specific, and diseasefree survival rates at 5 years were 84%, 85.2%, and 81.2%, respectively. Discussion. We performed the first comprehensive population-based breast cancer epidemiology study in Southern China using the Hong Kong Cancer Registry database. This provides a baseline study cohort for comparative studies with other Asian countries and Chinese who have migrated to the West. © The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/144867
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dc.contributor.authorMang, OWKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, CHNen_HK
dc.contributor.authorChau, WWen_HK
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dc.date.issued2011en_HK
dc.identifier.citationAnnals Of Surgical Oncology, 2011, v. 18 n. 11, p. 3072-3078en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1068-9265en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/144867-
dc.description.abstractBackground: Cancer registries have been set up worldwide to provide information for cancer health planning. There are known variations in breast cancer incidence and mortality worldwide. However, breast cancer incidence, pathological characteristics, and survival data is still underreported in Asian countries. This is the first comprehensive population-based breast cancer study performed using population database of the Hong Kong Cancer Registry. Methods: A retrospective review of medical records of 8,961 subjects who were diagnosed with breast cancer between January 1, 1997 to December 31, 2001 and followed up to December 31, 2007. Descriptive statistics were employed to analyze the epidemiological and clinical data. Estimates of overall, disease-free, and cancer-specific survival at 5 years were estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method and stage-specific relative survival rates were calculated. Results: A total of 7,630 breast cancer patients' medical records and dataset were available during this period, and 7,449 subjects were eligible for the final analysis. Median follow-up was 84 months. A total of 47.4% were diagnosed with breast cancer at age 49 years and younger;22.2%, 46.9%, 10.8%, and 4.1% presented at stages I, II, III, and IV, respectively. A total of 53.5% had ER-positive cancer, and 20.3% had HER2-positive cancers;13.4% had triplenegative cancers. The relative, cancer-specific, and diseasefree survival rates at 5 years were 84%, 85.2%, and 81.2%, respectively. Discussion. We performed the first comprehensive population-based breast cancer epidemiology study in Southern China using the Hong Kong Cancer Registry database. This provides a baseline study cohort for comparative studies with other Asian countries and Chinese who have migrated to the West. © The Author(s) 2011. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer New York LLC. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.annalssurgicaloncology.orgen_HK
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dc.rightsThe Author(s)en_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subjectMedicine & Public Healthen_US
dc.subjectSurgical Oncologyen_US
dc.subjectOncologyen_US
dc.subjectSurgeryen_US
dc.titleBreast cancer in Hong Kong, Southern China: The first population-based analysis of epidemiological characteristics, stage-specific, cancer-specific, and disease-free survival in breast cancer patients: 1997-2001en_HK
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dc.identifier.emailKwong, A: avakwong@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1245/s10434-011-1960-4en_HK
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