Table 2.
Cancer grade of newly diagnosed breast cancer cases (N = 4700) by ethnicity and year of diagnosis (2005–2013).
| Cancer grade | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greek-Cypriot [N (%)] | I; Well Differentiated | 32 | (8.0) | 36 | (9.7) | 59 | (12.8) | 33 | (7.6) | 35 | (8.5) | 36 | (7.7) | 28 | (5.5) | 38 | (8.0) | 30 | (5.7) | 327 | (8.1) |
| II; Moderately Differentiated | 181 | (45.5) | 161 | (43.3) | 200 | (43.5) | 173 | (39.8) | 182 | (44.3) | 205 | (43.9) | 236 | (46.5) | 209 | (44.0) | 264 | (50.4) | 1811 | (44.7) | |
| III; Poorly Differentiated | 97 | (24.4) | 98 | (26.3) | 110 | (23.9) | 159 | (36.5) | 135 | (32.8) | 144 | (30.8) | 160 | (31.5) | 163 | (34.3) | 143 | (27.3) | 1209 | (29.8) | |
| Undifferentiated/Unknown | 88 | (22.1) | 77 | (20.7) | 91 | (19.8) | 70 | (16.1) | 59 | (14.4) | 82 | (17.6) | 84 | (16.5) | 65 | (13.7) | 87 | (16.6) | 703 | (17.4) | |
| Non-Greek- Cypriota [N (%)] | I; Well Differentiated | 3 | (5.1) | 3 | (4.6) | 2 | (2.6) | 5 | (6.4) | 2 | (3.1) | 4 | (4.9) | 1 | (1.2) | 4 | (5.5) | 3 | (4.2) | 27 | (4.2) |
| II; Moderately Differentiated | 30 | (50.9) | 25 | (38.5) | 29 | (38.2) | 32 | (41.6) | 28 | (43.1) | 38 | (46.9) | 41 | (49.4) | 30 | (41.1) | 29 | (40.8) | 282 | (43.4) | |
| III; Poorly Differentiated | 11 | (18.6) | 23 | (35.4) | 26 | (34.2) | 32 | (41.6) | 30 | (46.1) | 27 | (33.4) | 33 | (39.8) | 30 | (41.1) | 33 | (46.5) | 245 | (37.7) | |
| Undifferentiated/Unknown | 15 | (25.4) | 14 | (21.5) | 19 | (25.0) | 8 | (10.4) | 5 | (7.7) | 12 | (14.8) | 8 | (9.6) | 9 | (12.3) | 6 | (8.5) | 96 | (14.7) | |
| Total [N (%)] | I; Well Differentiated | 35 | (7.7) | 39 | (8.9) | 61 | (11.4) | 38 | (7.4) | 37 | (7.8) | 40 | (7.3) | 29 | (4.9) | 42 | (7.7) | 33 | (5.6) | 354 | (7.5) |
| II; Moderately Differentiated | 211 | (46.2) | 186 | (42.6) | 229 | (42.7) | 205 | (40.0) | 210 | (44.1) | 243 | (44.2) | 277 | (46.9) | 239 | (43.5) | 293 | (49.2) | 2093 | (44.5) | |
| III; Poorly Differentiated | 108 | (23.6) | 121 | (27.7) | 136 | (25.4) | 191 | (37.4) | 165 | (34.7) | 171 | (31.3) | 193 | (32.6) | 193 | (35.3) | 176 | (29.6) | 1454 | (30.9) | |
| Undifferentiated/Unknown | 103 | (22.5) | 91 | (20.8) | 110 | (20.5) | 78 | (15.2) | 64 | (13.4) | 94 | (17.2) | 92 | (15.6) | 74 | (13.5) | 93 | (15.6) | 799 | (17.0) | |
a
Non-Greek Cypriots include Armenians, Maronites, European Union (EU) foreigners, and non-EU foreigners.