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Table 3 Tumor characteristics of interval breast cancers

From: Interval breast cancer characteristics before, during and after the transition from screen-film to full-field digital screening mammography

 

A

SFM with prior SFM

B

FFDM with prior SFM

C

FFDM with prior FFDM

Ductal carcinoma in-situ

 Grade, n (%)

  Low

2 (25.0)

3 (33.3)

1 (12.5)

  Intermediate

2 (25.0)

3 (33.3)

3 (37.5)

  High

4 (50.0)

3 (33.3)

4 (50.0)

Invasive cancer

 Type, n (%)

  Ductal

103 (75.7)*

117 (78.0)

88 (67.2)

  Lobular

23 (16.9)

19 (12.7)

28 (21.4)

  Mixed ductal/lobular

7 (5.1)

7 (4.7)

7 (5.3)

  Other

3 (2.2)

7 (4.7)

8 (6.1)

 Stage, n (%)

  T1a-c

66 (48.5)

70 (46.7)

59 (45.0)

  T2+

70 (51.5)

78 (52.0)

68 (51.9)

  Unknown

0 (0.0)

2 (1.3)

4 (3.1)

 Lymph node status, n (%)

  N+

62 (45.6)

63 (42.0)

54 (41.2)

  No

73 (53.7)

84 (56.0)

73 (55.7)

  Unknown

1 (0.7)

3 (2.0)

4 (3.1)

 Bloom & Richardson grade, n (%)

  I

44 (32.4)

38 (25.3)

33 (25.2)

  II

57 (41.9)

77 (51.3)

68 (51.9)

  III

31 (22.8)

30 (20.0)

29 (22.1)

  Unknown

4 (2.9)

5 (3.3)

1 (0.8)

 Estrogen receptor, n (%)

  Positive

101 (74.3)

123 (82.0)

106 (80.9)

  Negative

35 (25.7)

27 (18.0)

25 (19.1)

 Progesteron receptor, n (%)

  Positive

74 (54.4)

87 (58.0)

76 (58.0)

  Negative

62 (45.6)

63 (42.0)

55 (42.0)

 Her2/Neu receptor, n (%)

  Positive

19 (14.0)

22 (14.7)

14 (10.7)

  Negative

116 (85.3)

127 (84.7)

117 (89.3)

  Unknown

1 (0.7)

1 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

 Triple receptor-negative, n (%)

25 (18.5)

21 (14.0)

17 (13.0)

  1. * significantly different from C (p < 0.05)
  2. significantly different from C (p < 0.01)