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. 2019 Apr 2;176(1):141–148. doi: 10.1007/s10549-019-05210-2

Table 3.

Breast cancer pathology by combined TC/DR/SNP18 risk groups

TC/MD/SNP18 10-year risk% Low < 2% Average 2–3.49% Above average 3.5–4.9% Moderate/high ≥ 5% Total
Number of women 3003 3038 1587 1734 9362
Invasive BC 67 110 98 124 399
Total BC 85 140 115 155 495
Proportion with BC 2.83% 4.58% 7.25% 8.9% 5.29%
Invasive grade 1 23 26 20 23 92
% Gd1 of invasive in group 34.33% 23.64% 20.41% 18.55% 23.06%
Adjusted Gd1 10-year incidence ratea 0.38% 0.53% 0.73% 1.14% 0.65%
Invasive grade 2 23 57 46 73 199
% Gd2 in group 34.33% 51.82% 46.94% 58.87% 49.87%
Adjusted Gd2 10-year incidence ratea 0.38% 1.16% 1.68% 3.63% 1.40%
Invasive grade 3 20 27 29 26 102
%Gd3 in group 29.85% 24.54% 29.59% 20.97% 25.56%
Adjusted Gd3 10-year ratea 0.33% 0.55% 1.06% 1.29% 0.72%
Grade unknown 1 0 3 2 6
ER + invasive BC 58 98 86 116 358
ER− invasive BC 9 9 10 7 35
ER unknown 1 3 0 1 5
DCIS 18 27 17 29 91
%DCIS 21.18% 18.84% 14.78% 18.82% 17.94%
Cancer type unknown 0 3 0 2 5
EGP 20 23 14 16 73
%EGP in group 23.53% 16.55% 12.17% 10.32% 14.75%
Rate per 1000, invasive ER− per 10-years 0.16% 0.19% 0.38% 0.37% 0.26%
10-year rate, ER+ 1.26% 2.66% 3.81% 7.23% 3.22%
10-year rate, all BC 1.42% 2.85% 4.19% 7.6% 3.48%

9/24 (37.5%) of the invasive cancers in those at < 1.5% risk were grade 1 compared to 8/58 (13.8%) in those at 8%+ risk (p = 0.02). However 3/33 (9%) of total cancers in those at < 1.5% risk were invasive ER− compared to 4/82 (4.9%) for those at 8%+ risk

aIncidence rates are adjusted to actual incidence from time of saliva collection