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. 2013 Sep 18;2013:327567. doi: 10.1155/2013/327567

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics between the years of 2010 and 2012.

Variables Years and total N (%)
All years 
(N = 1112)
2010 
(N = 431)
2011 
(N = 430)
2012 
(N = 251)
P value
Age group
 40–49 years 270 (24%) 102 (24%) 118 (27%) 50 (20%) 0.25
 50–74 years 696 (63%) 271 (63%) 256 (60%) 169 (67%)
 75+ years 146 (13%) 58 (13%) 56 (13%) 32 (13%)
Method of first detection
 Self-breast exam 272 (24%) 118 (28%) 97 (23%) 57 (23%) 0.40
 Clinical breast exam 51 (5%) 23 (5%) 15 (3%) 13 (5%)
 Mammogram 684 (61%) 251 (58%) 270 (63%) 163 (65%)
 Ultrasound 53 (5%) 22 (5%) 21 (5%) 10 (4%)
 MRI 43 (4%) 14 (3%) 23 (5%) 6 (2%)
 Other 9 (1%) 3 (1%) 4 (1%) 2 (1%)
Palpability
 Nonpalpable 787 (71%) 290 (67%) 318 (74%) 179 (71%) 0.10
 Palpable 325 (29%) 141 (33%) 112 (26%) 72 (29%)
Screening frequency
 Annual 772 (69%) 310 (72%) 295 (69%) 167 (67%) 0.30
 Biennial 83 (8%) 36 (8%) 36 (8%) 11 (4%)
 Nonregular 193 (17%) 69 (16%) 78 (18%) 46 (18%)
 NA/missing 64 (6%) 16 (4%) 21 (5%) 27 (11%)
Breast cancer stage
 Stage 0 260 (23%) 100 (23%) 109 (25%) 51 (20%) 0.66
 Stage I 556 (50%) 212 (49%) 211 (49%) 133 (53%)
 Stage II 235 (21%) 97 (23%) 84 (20%) 54 (22%)
 Stage III 54 (5%) 19 (4%) 22 (5%) 13 (5%)
 Stage IV 1 (0.09%) 1 (0.23%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)
 No residual cancer (after neoadjuvant) 6 (1%) 2 (1%) 4 (1%) 0 (0%)
Histology
 DCIS 253 (23%) 99 (23%) 104 (24%) 50 (20%) 0.79
 DCIS with microinvasion 21 (2%) 7 (2%) 11 (3%) 3 (1%)
 Invasive ductal carcinoma 663 (59%) 258 (60%) 250 (58%) 155 (62%)
 Invasive lobular carcinoma 108 (10%) 41 (9%) 40 (9%) 27 (11%)
 Mixed (tubular, papillary, medullary, etc.) 67 (6%) 26 (6%) 25 (6%) 16 (6%)
ER status
 Negative < 10% 184 (17%) 59 (14%) 81 (19%) 44 (18%) 0.12
 Positive ≥ 10% 912 (82%) 365 (85%) 343 (80%) 204 (81%)
 Unknown/missing 16 (1%) 7 (1%) 6 (1%) 3 (1%)
PR status
 Negative < 10% 334 (30%) 118 (27%) 139 (32%) 77 (31%) 0.29
 Positive ≥ 10% 762 (69%) 306 (71%) 285 (66%) 171 (68%)
 Unknown/missing 16 (1%) 7 (2%) 6 (2%) 3 (1%)
HER-2 neu status
 Negative (0, 1+) 732 (66%) 279 (65%) 276 (64%) 177 (70%) 0.03
 Positive (3+) 94 (8%) 36 (8%) 36 (8%) 22 (9%)
 Equivocal (2+) 12 (1%) 10 (2%) 2 (1%) 0 (0%)
 Unknown/missing 274 (25%) 106 (25%) 116 (27%) 52 (21%)

MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; DCIS: ductal carcinoma in situ; ER: estrogen receptor; PR: progesterone receptor.