Is breast cancer in young Asian women more aggressive than in Caucasians? A cross-sectional analysis.

Ethnic differences in breast cancer are well described in studies comparing Hispanic and African-American populations to Caucasian populations. The aim of this study was to analyze the biological characteristics of breast cancer (BC) in the young Asian/Han Chinese population compared to Caucasians/Central Europeans. Histopathologies of 642 invasive BC in women at the age of 40 years and younger were analyzed in China and Austria.

A cross-sectional study of elderly Asian and European women with primary operable breast cancer aged 70 and older. Are there differences?

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is becoming a disease of the elderly. Additionally, BC-incidence is rising in Asia. The aim of this study was to explore clinico-pathological characteristics and differences of breast cancer in elderly Asian/Han-Chinese compared to Caucasian/Austrian women.

The predictive value of suspicious sonographic characteristics in atypical cyst-like breast lesions.

Background And Purpose: Simple breast cysts are a common sonographic finding and do not require further diagnostic evaluation. In contrast, atypical breast cysts do harbour a risk of malignancy. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the predictive value of sonographic findings that are considered characteristic of malignant atypical cyst-like lesions.

Health-related quality of life of "left-behind children": a cross-sectional survey in rural China.

Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of children in rural China without constant parental guardians (i.e., "left-behind"), to examine whether left-behind children were associated with lower health-related quality of life (HRQOL) than their counterparts ("non-left-behind").