Abstract:
Clinical Analysis of 72 Cases with Invasive Papillary Carcinoma of the BreastShanshan GENG, Xu XU, Lin GU, Jing ZHAOCorrespondence to: Lin GU, E-mail: gulindr@yahoo.com.cnThe Second Department of Breast Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital,Key Laboratory of Breast CancerPrevention and Therapy of Educational Ministry Tianjin 300060, ChinaAbstract Objective: To investigate the clinicopathologic characteristics of invasive papillary carcinoma of the breast and analyzethe corresponding factors of axillary node metastasis and prognosis. Methods: Clinicalpathologic data of 72 cases with invasive papil-lary breast carcinoma were collected between April 2000 to January 2008. Chi- square criterion was used to analyze the correspondingfactors of axillary node metastasis. Survival rate was calculated by Kaplan-Meier method and Log-rank test was used to compare thesurvival rate. Univariate and multivariate factors for survival were analyzed by Cox proportional hazards regression model. Results:The overall 3- and 5-year survival rates were 89.7% and 83.7%, respectively. The result of Chi- square criterion showed that the axillarynode metastasis was correlated with tumor size and the course of disease. Cox univariate survival analysis revealed that the protein ex-pression of ER, PR, and the choice of treatment were the prognostic factors. However, Cox multivariate analysis found that only thechoice of treatment was an independent prognostic factor for invasive papillary carcinoma of the breast. Conclusion: Invasive papillarycarcinoma of the breast which occurred mostly among postmenopausal women is a special type of invasive breast cancer. It has a rela-tively good prognosis. Suitable choice of treatment is crucial for its good prognosis, combined use of surgery and other various treat-ments such as radiotherapy, chemotherapy and endocrine therapy is recommended to improve the survival rate.Keywords Breast cancer; Invasive papillary carcinoma; Clinicopathologic characteristic; Prognostic factor