Summary
The biology of breast cancer in Japan appears to be changing in that, while post-menopausal Japanese patients have a better prognosis than comparable British women, no differences in recurrence or survival rates can now be found in pre-menopausal patients.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Le Marchand L: Ethnic variation in breast cancer survival: a review. (this volume)
Hayward JL, Meakin JW, Stewart HJ: Assessment of response and recurrence in breast cancer. Semin Oncol 5: 445–449, 1978
Miura S, Yoshida M, Murai H,et al.: Clinical features of breast cancer — Anglo-Japanese comparative study. (this volume)
Cox DR: Regression models and life tables (with discussion). J Roy Stat Soc B34: 187–220, 1972
Friedell GH, Millis RR, Sato T,et al.: Breast cancer in English and Japanese women: prognostic significance of sinus histiocytosis and germinal center hyperplasia in axillary lymph nodes. (this volume)
Le Marchand L, Kolonel LN, Nomura AMY: Relation of ethnicity and other prognostic factors to breast cancer survival patterns in Hawaii. JNCI 73: 1259–1265, 1984
Le Marchand L, Kolonel LN, Nomura AMY: Breast cancer survival among Hawaii Japanese and Caucasian women. Am J Epidemiol 122: 571–578, 1985
Dansey RD, Hessel PA, Browde S,et al.: Lack of a significant independent effect of race on survival in breast cancer. Cancer 61: 1908–1912, 1988
Peto R, Pike MC, Armitage P,et al.: Design and analysis of randomised clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. II. Analysis and examples. Br J Cancer 35: 1–39, 1977
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Allen, D.S., Bulbrook, R.D., Chaudary, M.A. et al. Recurrence and survival rates in British and Japanese women with breast cancer. Breast Cancer Res Tr 18 (Suppl 1), S131–S134 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02633545
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02633545