local therapy of breast cancer

There have been no randomised trials designed to determine whether younger women are at increased risk of local recurrence following breast surgery compared with their older counterparts. Disease outcomes for younger women have primarily been determined by analysing data for those younger women who have participated in large trials examining risk factors for recurrence. The number of young women in these studies has been relatively small, and the comparison of results across studies has been impeded by the use of differing age classifications.