CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ANALYSIS OF SURVIVAL RATE OF BREAST-CANCER PATIENTS WITH A FAMILY HISTORY IN JAPAN

We compared the clinical characteristics and survival rate of 52 patie nts of unilateral breast cancer with family history (UFH) with 665 pat ients with no family history (UNFH). The distribution of clinical stag e and histologic type were almost equal between two groups. The estrog en receptor-positive rate was significantly higher in UFH than UNFH. A s for a disease-free survival, there was no difference, however, the o verall survival seemed to be better in UFH than in UNFH. These results suggest that the survival of the UFH may depend on a higher incidence of estrogen receptor-positive cases because UFH responds well to horm onal treatment after relapse.