Do Asian breast cancer patients younger than age 40 have more aggressive biologic characteristics than their western counterparts?
M. M. Tea, L. Fan, Z. Shao and C. F. Singer Department of OB/GYN, Division of Senology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Department of Breast Surgery, Cancer Institute, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria Abstract 1573 Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer in women under the age of 40. About 7% of all breast cancers are diagnosed in this young age group. Breast cancer in younger women is biologically more aggressive than that in their older counterparts. The incidence of BC is rising in Asia. Unlike the Caucasian population, where BC peaks between the ages of 45 and 55, Breast neoplasma in Chinese women peaks at the age of 40, much earlier than in the western population. The aim of this study was to investigate the biological characteristics of Chinese BC compared to their European/Austrian counterparts. Methods: Histo-pathological findings of 30 Austrian women with operable breast cancer an
