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Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2013 Oct 7;207(1):10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.05.014. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2013.05.014

Table 4.

Characteristics of cancers following high-risk breast lesions.

Initial needle biopsy result

Papillary
N=2 (%)
Lobular neoplasia
N=18 (%)
ADH
N=123 (%)
Characteristic

Type of cancer
2 (100) 8 (44) 101 (82) Ductal carcinoma in situ
10 (56) 22 (18) Invasive

DCIS Grade
1 (13) 22 (22) Grade 1
2 (25) 29 (29) Grade 2
2 (25) 25 (25) Grade 3 or 4
2 (100) 3 (38) 25 (25) Missing

Invasive cancer characteristics
Histology
2 (20) 12 (55) Ductal
6 (60) 2 (9) Lobular
1 (10) 3 (14) Mixed
0 2 (9) Other
1 (10) 3 (14) Missing

Grade
4 (40) 6 (28) Grade 1
1 (10) 6 (28) Grade 2
1 (10) 3 (14) Grade 3
4 (40) 7 (32) Missing

AJCC stage 6th edition
4 (40) 14 (64) I
2 (20) 3 (14) II
1 (10) 1 (5) III
3 (30) 4 (18) Missing

Lymph nodes
5 (50) 18 (82) Negative
2 (20) 1 (5) Positive
3 (30) 3 (14) Unknown

ADH-atypical ductal hperplsia

DCIS-ductal carcinoma in situ

AJCC-American Joint Committee on Cancer