Some aspects of breast cancer in Singapore--a review of 306 cases
Tan, W.T.; Chew, P.; Low, C.O.; Pang, M.; Rauff, A.
Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore 16(3): 552-557
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0304-4602 PMID: 3435027 Document Number: 292672
A retrospective study of 306 cases of carcinoma breast in Singaporean patients managed at the University Department of Surgery, Singapore General Hospital was made, based on all available case notes, pathology report forms, operation record books, Cancer Registry Notification Forms, and data obtained from the Registry of Births and Deaths. These cases had their initial histological diagnosis made between 1970 to 1978. Basic data like age distribution, sex distribution and racial distribution of our cases are presented. Aspects of breast cancer like stage at time of diagnosis and 5- and 10-year survival figures are also presented. The crude five-year survival for all 306 cases was 56% and the crude 10-year survival for 223 cases was 22%. Survival for small lesions (T1, or less than 2 cm) was 90% at five years and 68% at ten years, a rate comparable with most centres in the world.