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. 2023 Mar 3;15(3):e35735. doi: 10.7759/cureus.35735

Table 1. Demographics, clinicopathological features, and imaging findings of the DCIS-only group and the upgraded DCIS with the invasive component group after mastectomy.

DCIS = ductal carcinoma in situ; IC = invasive carcinoma

  Total cases, 143 (100%) Pure DCIS group, 108 (75.5%) Upgraded to IC group, 35 (24.4%) P-value
Age category (years) 0.752
≤50 46 (32.1%) 36 (33.3%) 10 (28.6%)
>50 97 (67.8) 72 (66.7%) 25 (71.4%)
Ultrasound findings 0.330
Calcification 16 (11.1%) 11 (10.2%) 5 (14.3%)
Cysts/BBC 14 (9.7%) 12 (11.1%) 2 (5.71%)
Mass lesion 47 (32.8 %) 32 (29.6%) 15 (42.9%)
Normal 42 (29.3%) 31 (28.7%) 11 (31.4%)
Not done 19 (13.2%) 17 (15.7%) 2 (5.71%)
Prominent ductal pattern 5 (3.4%) 5 (4.63%) 0 (0.00%)
Size on the mammogram (mm) 0.398
≤20 18 (13.9%) 15 (15.8%) 3 (8.82%)
>20 111 (86%) 80 (84.2%) 31 (91.2%)
Mammogram finding 0.024
Asymmetric density 13 (9%) 8 (7.41%) 5 (14.3%)
Microcalcification 121 (84.6%) 93 (86.1%) 28 (80.0%)
Mass lesion 2 (1.3%) 0 (0.00%) 2 (5.71%)
Normal 7 (4.8%) 7 (6.48%) 0 (0.00%)
Multifocal 0.027
No 121 (84.6%) 96 (88.9%) 25 (71.4%)
Yes 22 (15.3%) 12 (11.1%) 10 (28.6%)
Presentation 0.609
Incidental (symmetrizing breast reduction) 2 (1.3%) 2 (1.85%) 0 (0.00%)
Screening 90 (62.9%) 70 (64.8%) 20 (57.1%)
Symptomatic 51 (35.6%) 36 (33.3%) 15 (42.9%)
Nuclear grade 0.467
Low-intermediate 33 (23%) 27 (25.0%) 6 (17.1%)
High 110 (76.9%) 81 (75.0%) 29 (82.9%)
Comedonecrosis 0.144
No 98 (68.5%) 78 (72.2%) 20 (57.1%)
Yes 45 (31.4%) 30 (27.8%) 15 (42.9%)