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. 2019 Mar 19;12:2071–2078. doi: 10.2147/OTT.S199625

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Variables n BCS (%) MAST (%) P-value

Age (years) <0.001
<50 8,943 5,148 (22.7) 3,795 (32.3)
≥50 25,504 17,533 (77.3) 7,971 (67.7)
Race/ethnicity <0.001
Non-Hispanic White 26,417 17,607 (77.6) 8,810 (74.9)
Non-Hispanic Black 2,481 1,617 (7.1) 864 (7.3)
Hispanic (all races) 2,578 1,684 (7.4) 894 (7.6)
Other 2,971 1,773 (7.8) 1,198 (10.2)
Grade <0.001
Well differentiated 9,400 6,503 (28.7) 2,897 (24.6)
Moderately differentiated 18,510 12,137 (53.5) 6,373 (54.2)
Poorly/undifferentiated 6,537 4,041 (17.8) 2,496 (21.2)
Unknown
Tumor stage <0.001
T1 27,974 19,131 (84.3) 8,843 (75.2)
T2 6,473 3,550 (15.7) 2,923 (24.8)
PR status <0.001
Negative 3,485 2,189 (9.7) 1,296 (11.0)
Positive 30,962 20,492 (90.3) 10,470 (89.0)
Chemotherapy 0.002
No/unknown 26,512 17,569 (77.5) 8,943 (76.0)
Yes 7,935 5,112 (22.5) 2,823 (24.0)
21-gene recurrence score <0.001
Low risk 18,664 12,441 (54.9) 6,223 (52.9)
Intermediate risk 12,693 8,423 (37.1) 4,270 (36.3)
High risk 3,090 1,817 (8.0) 1,273 (10.8)

Abbreviations: MAST, mastectomy; PR, progesterone receptor; T, tumor; BCS, breast-conserving surgery.