Ryan Ying Cong Tan, Whee Sze Ong, Kyung-Hun Lee, Seri Park, Jabed Iqbal, Yeon Hee Park, Jeong Eon Lee, Jong Han Yu, Ching-Hung Lin, Yen-Shen Lu, Makiko Ono, Takayuki Ueno, Yoichi Naito, Tatsuya Onishi, Geok-Hoon Lim, Su-Ming Tan, Han-Byoel Lee, Jiwon Koh, Wonshik Han, Seock-Ah Im, Veronique Kiak Mien Tan, Nitar Phyu, Fuh-Yong Wong, Puay Hoon Tan, Yoon-Sim Yap
BACKGROUND: Although considered a favorable subtype, pure mucinous breast cancer (PMBC) can recur, and evidence for adjuvant therapy is limited. We aimed to compare outcomes of nonmetastatic PMBC with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) and invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) to address these uncertainties. METHODS: Individual patient-level data from 6 centers on stage I-III hormone receptor-positive and HER2-negative PMBC, IDC, and ILC were used to analyze recurrence-free interval (RFI), recurrence-free survival (RFS), and overall survival (OS), and to identify prognostic factors for PMBC...
May 14, 2024: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network: JNCCN