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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2011 Mar 9;129(1):117–124. doi: 10.1007/s10549-010-1324-y

Table 2.

Absolute risk of contralateral breast cancer according to years since first cancer diagnosis and absolute risk of a first breast cancer at 2 ages in the general population without breast cancer – SEER data (1973–2006)

Age at diagnosis and type of first breast cancer Absolute risk of contralateral breast cancer according to years since first cancer diagnosis Absolute risk of contralateral IBC according to years since first cancer diagnosis Absolute risk of contralateral non-IBC according to years since first cancer
2 yrs 5 yrs 10 yrs 15 yrs 20 yrs 2 yrs 5 yrs 10 yrs 15 yrs 20 yrs 2 yrs 5 yrs 10 yrs 15 yrs 20 yrs
Age <50 yrs
 IBC 4.9% 6.0% 7.1% 7.3% 7.7% 1.4% 1.6% 1.8% 1.8% 1.8% 3.5% 4.6% 5.3% 5.5% 5.9%
 Non-IBC(reg/dist) 1.1% 2.2% 3.7% 4.9% 6.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 1.1% 2.1% 3.5% 4.8% 5.9%
Age ≥ 50 yrs
 IBC 2.7% 3.7% 4.7% 5.3% 5.5% 0.9% 1.1% 1.2% 1.2% 1.2% 1.8% 2.9% 3.6% 4.3% 4.3%
 Non-IBC (reg/dist) 1.0% 2.0% 3.2% 4.1% 4.6% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 1.0% 1.9% 3.1% 4.0% 4.5%
General population without breast cancer Absolute risk of 1st breast cancer according to years since specified age Absolute risk of 1st IBC according to years since specified age Absolute risk of 1st non-IBC according to years since specified age
5 yrs 10 yrs 15 yrs 20 yrs 5 yrs 10 yrs 15 yrs 20 yrs
 45-year old 0.9% 2.1% 3.6% 5.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.9% 2.1% 3.5% 5.1%
 65-year old 2.0% 4.1% 5.9% 7.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 2.0% 4.0% 5.8% 7.2%