Abstract:Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in Brazil and worldwide. There is large variation in survival among patients and molecular subtypes are important prognostic factors. However, most of the data comes from developed countries such as the United States and in Europe. Aim: Our goal was to describe breast cancer patients' demographic and pathologic characteristics, as well as their survival according to estimated molecular subtypes, assessed by common immunohistochemistry stains. Methods… Show more
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