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Erschienen in: Cancer and Metastasis Reviews 3/2022

30.04.2022 | Non-Thematic Review

Oncobiology and treatment of breast cancer in young women

verfasst von: Rakesh Kumar, Catarina Abreu, Masakazu Toi, Sunil Saini, Sandra Casimiro, Anshika Arora, Aswathy Mary Paul, Ravi Velaga, Pranela Rameshwar, Allan Lipton, Sudeep Gupta, Luis Costa

Erschienen in: Cancer and Metastasis Reviews | Ausgabe 3/2022

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Abstract

Female breast cancer emerged as the leading cancer type in terms of incidence globally in 2020. Although mortality due to breast cancer has improved during the past three decades in many countries, this trend has reversed in women less than 40 years since the past decade. From the biological standpoint, there is consensus among experts regarding the clinically relevant definition of breast cancer in young women (BCYW), with an age cut-off of 40 years. The idea that breast cancer is an aging disease has apparently broken in the case of BCYW due to the young onset and an overall poor outcome of BCYW patients. In general, younger patients exhibit a worse prognosis than older pre- and postmenopausal patients due to the aggressive nature of cancer subtypes, a high percentage of cases with advanced stages at diagnosis, and a high risk of relapse and death in younger patients. Because of clinically and biologically unique features of BCYW, it is suspected to represent a distinct biologic entity. It is unclear why BCYW is more aggressive and has an inferior prognosis with factors that contribute to increased incidence. However, unique developmental features, adiposity and immune components of the mammary gland, hormonal interplay and crosstalk with growth factors, and a host of intrinsic and extrinsic risk factors and cellular regulatory interactions are considered to be the major contributing factors. In the present article, we discuss the status of BCYW oncobiology, therapeutic interventions and considerations, current limitations in fully understanding the basis and underlying cause(s) of BCYW, understudied areas of BCYW research, and postulated advances in the coming years for the field.
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Metadaten
Titel
Oncobiology and treatment of breast cancer in young women
verfasst von
Rakesh Kumar
Catarina Abreu
Masakazu Toi
Sunil Saini
Sandra Casimiro
Anshika Arora
Aswathy Mary Paul
Ravi Velaga
Pranela Rameshwar
Allan Lipton
Sudeep Gupta
Luis Costa
Publikationsdatum
30.04.2022
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Cancer and Metastasis Reviews / Ausgabe 3/2022
Print ISSN: 0167-7659
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-7233
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10555-022-10034-6

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