Breast cancer in the elderly. The impact of histological features on the prognosis and survival

Primary breast cancer in the elderly: a systematic literature review on histological type and clinical outcome

“…All were retrospective studies, eight of which were from single centers. Eight studies were from Europe [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17], two from North America [18][19][20] and one from Asia [20]. Most studies carried out their pathology reporting on surgical specimens [10][11][12][13][15][16][17][18][19][20], with only one study using needle core biopsies from breast tumor tissue [14].…”

“…Eight studies were from Europe [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17], two from North America [18][19][20] and one from Asia [20]. Most studies carried out their pathology reporting on surgical specimens [10][11][12][13][15][16][17][18][19][20], with only one study using needle core biopsies from breast tumor tissue [14]. Three studies [10,[18][19] retrieved pathology data from a pathology registry database, while in seven studies [11][12][14][15][16][17]20] the pathology reporting was done by a team of pathologists in the respective institutions.…”

“…Three studies [10,[18][19] retrieved pathology data from a pathology registry database, while in seven studies [11][12][14][15][16][17]20] the pathology reporting was done by a team of pathologists in the respective institutions. One study did not specify who did the pathology reporting [13].…”

“…Studies by others [21] have shown that patients with invasive lobular cancers tend to be older, and have low-grade tumors that are estrogen receptor Infiltrating lobular carcinomas showed a gradual increase in incidence with increasing age [12] Botos et al Infiltrating ductal carcinoma most common in both age groups but better prognosis in elderly [13] Diab et al positive compared with patients with invasive ductal carcinoma. This may contribute to the 'favorable tumor biology' that is reported in studies on breast cancer in the elderly [11,14,[17][18]].…”