Metastatic Breast Cancer in Brazil: Characterization of Patients and Treatments

Metastatic Breast Cancer in Brazil: Characterization of Patients and Treatments

The purpose of this study is to describe demographics and socioeconomics characteristics associated to the diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer in Brazil.

The primary aim of this study is to characterize patients and treatments of metastatic breast cancer in Brazil. Other specific aims are:

• to describe patients demographics and socioeconomic characteristics
• to describe the BC pathological characterization
• to describe treatment (describe each treatment with dates start-end, cycles, dosing, sequence and line of treatment, reason for discontinuation)
• to analyze patients outcome (time to progression, site of metastasis, progression free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), skeletal related events (SRE))

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women > 18 years old
• Patients diagnosed with de novo or recurrent metastatic breast cancer during the period of January to December 2012
• Any invasive breast cancer histology and subtype

Exclusion Criteria:

• Male breast cancer