Skip to main content
. 2011 May 3;104(11):1680–1685. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2011.144

Table 5. 10-year survival by mode of detection for women aged 50–64 years with invasive breast tumours in 10 NPI categories.

    Screen detected
  Symptomatic
  10-year survival
NPI N (%) 10-year survival (%) N (%) Unadjusted for lead time Difference from symptomatic Adjusted for lead time Difference from symptomatic
<2.3 299 (4.4) 94.3 997 (18.7) 96.4 2.1 94.6 0.3
2.30<3.17 415 (6.2) 88.1 706 (13.2) 96.0 7.9 87.5 −0.6
3.17<3.30 392 (5.8) 88.7 766 (14.4) 95.0 6.3 88.9 0.2
3.30<3.41 654 (9.7) 85.7 626 (11.7) 91.1 5.4 82.5 −3.2
3.41<4.21 749 (11.1) 74.9 576 (10.8) 85.5 10.6 75.9 1.0
4.21<4.38 654 (9.7) 80.9 524 (9.8) 78.6 −2.3 62.8 −18.1
4.38<4.51 808 (12.0) 71.2 352 (6.6) 74.6 3.4 69.6 −1.6
4.51<5.28 826 (12.2) 59.0 257 (4.8) 70.4 11.4 60.4 1.4
5.28<5.70 961 (14.2) 48.3 325 (6.1) 55.0 6.7 38.9 −9.4
⩾5.70 992 (14.7) 28.6 209 (3.9) 35.1 6.5 23.3 −5.3
Total 6750 (100) 66.1 5338 (100) 84.7 18.6 75.5 9.4

Abbreviation: NPI=Nottingham Prognostic Index.