Breast cancer subtype and survival by parity and time since last birth.

Background: Pregnancy affects breast cancer risk but how it affects the subtype and prognosis remain controversial. We studied the effect of parity and time since last birth on breast cancer subtype and outcome.

Patients And Methods: We conducted a retrospective multivariate cohort study including all premenopausal women with early breast cancer aged ≤ 50 years (N = 1306) at diagnosis at the University Hospitals Leuven (Jan.

A critical review why assessment of steroid hormone receptors in breast cancer should be quantitative.

Steroid receptors have been around in the field of breast cancer for decades now. Still, controversy remains on how best to report steroid receptors. In this review, we will convince the reader why benefits outweigh pitfalls, when reporting steroid receptors in a quantitative rather than qualitative way.