On the use of flexible excess hazard regression models for describing long-term breast cancer survival: a case-study using population-based cancer registry data

Schaffar, R.; Belot, A.; Rachet, B.; Woods, L.

doi:10.1186/s12885-019-5304-2

Table 1 Characteristics of the patients diagnosed with breast cancer between 1995 and 2002

From: On the use of flexible excess hazard regression models for describing long-term breast cancer survival: a case-study using population-based cancer registry data

	Radiotherapy				Chemotherapy				Hormonal treatment				Total
	No		Yes		No		Yes		No		Yes
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Age group
< 40	16	5.5	71	4.7	14	1.4	73	9.2	39	7.9	48	3.7	87	4.8
40–49	79	27.1	280	18.6	125	12.4	234	29.6	149	30.3	210	16.1	359	20.0
50–59	78	26.8	574	38.1	348	34.6	304	38.4	158	32.1	494	37.9	652	36.3
60–69	87	29.9	448	29.7	374	37.2	161	20.4	114	23.2	421	32.3	535	29.8
70–79	31	10.7	133	8.8	145	14.4	19	2.4	32	6.5	132	10.1	164	9.1
Total	291	100	1506	100	1006	100	791	100	492	100	1305	100	1797	100
Size in mm
0–9	44	15.1	227	15.1	222	22.1	49	6.2	84	17.1	187	14.3	271	15.1
10–19	91	31.3	709	47.1	512	50.9	288	36.4	172	35	628	48.1	800	44.5
20–29	66	22.7	329	21.8	170	16.9	225	28.4	120	24.4	275	21.1	395	22.0
30–39	45	15.5	115	7.6	56	5.6	104	13.1	51	10.4	109	8.4	160	8.9
40+	27	9.3	72	4.8	33	3.3	66	8.3	38	7.7	61	4.7	99	5.5
Missing	18	6.2	54	3.6	13	1.3	59	7.5	27	5.5	45	3.4	72	4.0
Total	291	100	1506	100	1006	100	791	100	492	100	1305	100	1797	100
Nodal involvement
N+	82	28.2	418	27.8	127	12.6	373	47.2	137	27.8	363	27.8	500	27.8
N0	201	69.1	1064	70.7	863	85.8	402	50.8	351	71.3	914	70	1265	70.4
Missing	8	2.7	24	1.6	16	1.6	16	2	4	0.8	28	2.1	32	1.8
Total	291	100	1506	100	1006	100	791	100	492	100	1305	100	1797	100
Differentiation
Well differentiated	186	63.9	927	61.6	497	49.4	616	77.9	346	70.3	767	58.8	1113	61.9
Moderately/ poorly differentiated	84	28.9	533	35.4	472	46.9	145	18.3	114	23.2	503	38.5	617	34.3
Missing	21	7.2	46	3.1	37	3.7	30	3.8	32	6.5	35	2.7	67	3.7
Total	291	100	1506	100	1006	100	791	100	492	100	1305	100	1797	100
Hormone receptors
Positive	220	75.6	1300	86.3	920	91.5	600	75.9	253	51.4	1267	97.1	1520	84.6
Negative	38	13.1	174	11.6	45	4.5	167	21.1	194	39.4	18	1.4	212	11.8
Missing	33	11.3	32	2.1	41	4.1	24	3	45	9.1	20	1.5	65	3.6
Total	291	100	1506	100	1006	100	791	100	492	100	1305	100	1797	100
Complete data
Complete	216	74.2	1358	90.2	900	89.5	674	85.2	397	80.7	1177	90.2	1574	87.6
Missing	75	25.8	148	9.8	106	10.5	117	14.8	95	19.3	128	9.8	223	12.4
Total	291	100	1506	100	1006	100	791	100	492	100	1305	100	1797	100

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