Article
Association between BRCA mutational status and survival in patients with breast cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Apr 2021
Liu Miao, Xie Fei, Liu Miaoyu, Zhang Yi, Wang Shu
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Studies evaluating role of BRCA mutations on the survival outcomes in breast cancer (BC) patients have given confounding results and hence, in this meta-analysis, we assessed the impact of BRCA mutations on survival in BC patients. METHODS: Studies comparing survival outcomes of BC patients having BRCA mutations against wildtype BRCA phenotype were retrieved from PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library....
Topics
- Breast Neoplasms
- Disease-Free Survival
- Female
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms
