Breast cancer experience in Uruguay: A 21-year follow up of 1,906 patients in the same institution

21163 Background: Breast cancer is the most common tumor arising in Uruguaian women accounting for 1,930 patients/year (adjusted incidence ratio 83.1/100,000) with 637 death/year (adjusted mortality ratio 24.1/100,000). Both incidence and mortality rank Uruguay at the top of the latinamerican countries ( IARC-GloboCan 2002). We are presenting our final results with 1,906 patients followed during a 21 year period in the biggest private Institution in our country (CENDIMA) and probably amongst all other latin-american countries. Methods: Although this study was initially designed to find a relationship between prognostic factors and survival parameters: OS (overall survival) and DFS (disease free survival) it also describes the epidemiological features of a big breast cancer population in the top ranked country for breast cancer incidence and mortality in Latin America. Statistical analysis was calculated with SPSS (11.0 version) and SAS (6.0 version) programs. OS and DFS results were obtained through Kapla...