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Table 3 Outcome and type of events that occurred in women, aged 50–69 years, with breast cancer diagnosed between 1996 and 2000 in the Province of Modena by screening status

From: Prognosis of screen-detected breast cancers: results of a population based study

 

Screen-detected n(%)

Non screen-detected n(%)

p-value

EVOLUTION

  

< 0.0001

Alive

454 (94)

330 (77)

 

Dead

22 (5)

60 (14)

 

Lost at follow-up

6 (1)

39 (9)

 

RECURRENCE

33 (6.8)

42 (9.7)

0.02

Local

8 (1.6)

12 (2.8)

 

Distant

25 (5.1)

30 (6.9)

 

SECOND BREAST CANCER

1 (0.2)

9 (2)

0.02

BREAST CANCER SPECIFIC DEATH

20 (4)

41(9)

<0.05

OTHER SECOND MALIGNANCIES

15 (3)

16 (4)

NS

DEATH FROM OTHER CAUSES

2 (0.4)

19 (4.4)

<0.0001

TOTAL EVENTS

48(9.9)

83(19)

<0.0001