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. 2005 Jul;20(7):604–611. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0090.x

Table 2.

Demographic and Tumor Characteristics by Use of Breast-conserving Surgery

AAPI
White Americans % BCS U.S.-born % BCS Foreign-born % BCS Unknown % BCS
Overall 59 56 43 45
Demographic characteristics
Age at diagnosis, y
 <40 55 54 44 46
 40–49 60 57 44 48
 50–59 63 56 43 47
 60–69 60 55 43 42
 ≥70 57 55 39 40
Marital status (P=.99)
 Married 60 56 43 45
 Not married 59 56 43 45
Tumor registry*
 Hawaii 60 56 46 48
 Los Angeles 61 53 39 38
 SF/Oakland 61 57 51 49
 San Jose/Monterey 52 38 35 34
 Seattle/Puget Sound 60 60 52 53
Tumor characteristics
Stage*
 I 69 63 54 53
 II 46 43 32 34
Lymph nodes*
 Negative 64 59 47 46
 Positive 50 45 34 42
Tumor size,* cm
 1 or less 70 65 52 54
 1–2 64 58 51 49
 2–3 49 49 36 35
 3–4 33 26 21 25
 4–5 22 21 11 16
Grade*
 Well-differentiated 71 67 56 57
 Moderately differentiated 61 58 47 46
 Poor/undifferentiated 54 48 37 40
Histology (P=.72)
 Ductal 61 56 43 45
 Lobular 49 47 38 40
 Mixed duct/lob 52 51 39 43
Estrogen receptor status*
 Positive 61 57 46 48
 Negative 56 50 40 37
Progesterone receptor status*
 Positive 62 57 46 49
 Negative 57 53 41 38
*

Pvalue<.0001 by Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel test for homogeneity across strata.

AAPI, Asian American/Pacific Islander; BCS, breast-conserving surgery.