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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 9.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cancer. 2012 Sep 18;132(5):1170–1181. doi: 10.1002/ijc.27725

Table 5.

Chemotherapy in node-positive disease and endocrine treatment in estrogen-receptor-positive disease, by age: registry and country

Women with node-positive tumours
Women with estrogen-receptor-positive tumours
15–49 years
50–99 years
No. Endocrine
treatment
15–49 years
50–99 years
EUROPE Registry No. Chemo-
therapy
Total
Chemo-
therapy
Total
Chemo-
therapy
Total
Endocrine
treatment
Total
Endocrine
treatment
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Denmark National 204 43 21 35 17 19 54 169 83 24 14 340 115 34 52 15 4 8 288 0 111 39
Estonia National 300 236 79 81 27 76 94 219 73 160 73 110 94 85 34 31 24 71 76 69 70 92
Finland National 189 71 38 52 28 41 79 137 72 30 22 376 125 33 89 24 21 24 287 76 104 36
France Bas-Rhin 63 48 76 17 27 17 100 46 73 31 67 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Côte d’Or 194 110 57 67 35 58 87 127 65 52 41 396 220 56 106 27 33 31 290 73 187 64
Doubs 94 59 63 25 27 21 84 69 73 38 55 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Isère 78 50 64 20 26 19 95 58 74 31 53 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Tarn 86 52 60 23 27 21 91 63 73 31 49 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Iceland National 178 97 54 59 33 53 90 119 67 44 37 303 162 53 77 25 32 42 226 75 130 58
Italy Genova1 193 139 72 46 24 42 91 147 76 97 66
Modena 169 129 76 45 27 40 89 124 73 89 72 320 221 69 75 23 59 79 245 77 162 66
Palermo 252 198 79 77 31 75 97 175 69 123 70 209 148 71 70 33 53 76 139 67 95 68
Varese 455 250 55 131 29 90 69 324 71 160 49 685 246 36 157 23 42 27 528 77 204 39
Netherlands Eindhoven 477 181 38 144 30 133 92 333 70 48 14 552 189 34 149 27 18 12 403 73 171 42
NE Netherlands 823 323 39 236 29 220 93 587 71 103 18 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Poland Cracow 336 184 55 84 25 74 88 252 75 110 44 104 66 63 22 21 13 59 82 79 53 65
Warsaw 290 157 54 96 33 80 83 194 67 77 40 89 61 69 26 29 10 38 63 71 51 81
Slovakia National 288 219 76 99 34 91 92 189 66 128 68 93 49 53 34 37 12 35 59 63 37 63
Slovenia National 402 282 70 108 27 106 98 294 73 176 60 385 227 59 88 23 24 27 297 77 203 68
Spain Basque Country 228 190 83 87 38 84 97 141 62 106 75 260 213 82 76 29 49 64 184 71 164 89
Castellon 327 240 73 85 26 82 96 242 74 158 65 355 290 82 86 24 70 81 269 76 220 82
Granada 237 178 75 72 30 71 99 165 70 107 65 157 127 81 45 29 29 64 112 71 98 88
Navarra 169 138 82 67 40 67 100 102 60 71 70 317 252 79 86 27 72 84 231 73 180 78
Sweden National 159 45 28 34 21 27 79 125 79 18 14 248 123 50 41 17 7 17 207 83 116 56

European registries 6,191 3,619 58 1,790 29 1,607 90 4,401 71 2,012 46 5,299 2,928 55 1,313 25 572 44 3,986 75 2,356 59
US State
California 154 107 69 55 36 46 84 99 64 61 62 287 157 55 68 24 31 46 219 76 126 58
Colorado 155 113 73 51 33 48 94 104 67 65 63 290 192 66 73 25 47 64 217 75 145 67
Illinois 133 87 65 43 32 39 91 90 68 48 53 233 129 55 45 19 23 51 188 81 106 56
Louisiana 155 102 66 38 25 32 84 117 75 70 60 260 116 45 40 15 18 45 220 85 98 45
New York 155 106 68 47 30 42 89 108 70 64 59 228 147 64 42 18 20 48 186 82 127 68
Rhode Island 128 84 66 34 27 32 94 94 73 52 55 301 245 81 68 23 52 76 233 77 193 83
South Carolina 121 89 74 35 29 31 89 86 71 58 67 186 121 65 39 21 26 67 147 79 95 65

US registries 1,001 688 69 303 30 270 89 698 70 418 60 1,785 1,107 62 375 21 217 58 1,410 79 890 63

n/a - not available

1

Registries were excluded if data on treatment were unavailable for more than 20% of women: Genova (hormonal treatment), Firenze and Ragusa (both treatments)