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Interrupted pregnancy as an indicator of poor prognosis in T1, 2, N0, M0 primary breast cancer

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We examined the records of women with primary breast cancer for a history of pregnancy and live births. The patients were all histopathologic T1, 2, N0, M0 white females, untreated post modified radical mastectomy. Patients with a history of interrupted pregnancies have a significantly shorter time to recurrence than those with normal pregnancy history. A trend toward a lower incidence of highly differentiated histological pattern is also observed in cancers from these patients.

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  1. Michigan Cancer Foundation, 110 East Warren Avenue, 48201, Detroit, MI, USA

    Helen E. Ownby, Silvana Martino, Larry D. Roi, Laura Howard, Jose Russo, Samuel Brooks & Michael J. Brennan

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Ownby, H.E., Martino, S., Roi, L.D. et al. Interrupted pregnancy as an indicator of poor prognosis in T1, 2, N0, M0 primary breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Tr 3, 339–344 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01807586

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