Identification of breast cancer patients with a high risk of developing brain metastases: a single-institutional retrospective analysis.

Background: The objective of this study was to identify breast cancer patients with a high risk of developing brain metastases who may benefit from pre-emptive medical intervention.

Methods: Medical records of 352 breast cancer patients with local or locoregional disease at diagnosis were retrospectively analysed. The brain metastasis-free survival was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method and patient groups were compared using the log rank test.

Age of 40 years or younger is an independent risk factor for locoregional failure in early breast cancer: a single-institutional analysis in saudi arabia.

Background. This study was undertaken to evaluate the impact of prognostic factors on the locoregional failure-free survival of early breast cancer patients. Methods.