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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2018 Aug 14;27(11):1298–1306. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-1102

Table 1.

Characteristics of women with ductal carcinoma in situ by socioeconomic deprivation and urban/rural locations at the time of diagnosis in the Missouri Cancer Registry, 1996–2011

Socioeconomic deprivation Urban/rural location
Lowest tertile
N (%)
Highest tertile
N (%)
P Urban
N (%)
Rural
N (%)
P
Number of cases 4306 1997 7074 2121
Age at diagnosis, y
 Mean (SD) 59.5 (12.5) 62.3 (12.9) <.0001 60.1 (12.6) 61.7 (12.4) <.0001
 <50 1021 (23.7) 360 (18.0) 1595 (22.6) 372 (17.5)
 50–59 1234 (28.7) 481 (24.1) 1918 (27.1) 563 (26.5)
 60–69 1070 (24.9) 541 (27.1) 1809 (25.6) 570 (26.9)
 ≥70 981 (22.8) 615 (30.8) <.0001 1752 (24.8) 616 (29.0) <.0001
Race and ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 3989 (92.6) 1458 (73.0) 6013 (85.0) 2052 (96.8)
 Non-Hispanic black 194 (4.5) 503 (25.2) 877 (12.4) 38 (1.8)
 Others 123 (2.9) 36 (1.8) <.0001 184 (2.6) 31 (1.5) <.0001
Length of follow-up, months
 Median (range) 77 (2, 191) 71 (2, 191) 0.0006 74 (2, 191) 78 (2, 191) 0.001
 6–11 294 (6.8) 123 (6.2) 536 (7.6) 88 (4.2)
 12–59 1362 (31.6) 721 (36.1) 2340 (33.1) 709 (33.4)
 60–119 1473 (34.2) 688 (34.5) 2415 (34.1) 768 (36.2)
 ≥120 1177 (27.3) 465 (23.3) 0.001 1783 (25.2) 556 (26.2) <.0001
Year of the first DCIS diagnosis
 1996–1999 932 (21.6) 392 (19.6) 1481 (20.9) 418 (19.7)
 2000–2004 1411 (32.8) 656 (32.9) 2232 (31.6) 755 (35.6)
 2005–2009 1446 (33.6) 722 (36.2) 2409 (34.1) 796 (37.5)
 2010–2011 517 (12.0) 227 (11.4) 0.15 952 (13.5) 152 (7.2) <.0001
Health insurance
 Private 966 (66.9) 299 (44.3) 1532 (61.4) 301 (47.9)
 Medicare 445 (30.8) 295 (43.7) 842 (33.7) 285 (45.3)
 Medicaid or uninsured 34 (2.4) 81 (12.0) <.0001 122 (4.9) 43 (6.8) <.0001
 Other or missing 2861 1322 4578 1492
Histological subtype
 Not otherwise specified 3101 (72.0) 1397 (70.0) 5062 (71.6) 1484 (70.0)
 Comedo 499 (11.6) 274 (13.7) 824 (11.7) 315 (14.9)
 Papillary 291 (6.8) 174 (8.7) 518 (7.3) 167 (7.9)
 Cribiform 243 (5.6) 82 (4.1) 394 (5.6) 87 (4.1)
 Solid 172 (4.0) 70 (3.5) 0.01 276 (3.9) 68 (3.2) <.0001
Grade
 Well differentiated 628 (20.8) 291 (22.6) 1063 (21.4) 273 (21.5)
 Moderately differentiated 1078 (35.7) 452 (35.1) 1800 (36.3) 472 (37.1)
 Poorly differentiated 1314 (43.5) 546 (42.4) 0.05 2094 (42.2) 526 (41.4) 0.83
 Missing 1286 708 2117 850
Tumor size, cm
 <2.0 927 (72.9) 467 (70.3) 1604 (71.6) 487 (70.8)
 ≥2.0 345 (27.1) 197 (29.7) 0.32 635 (28.4) 201 (29.2) 0.66
 Missing 3034 1333 4835 1433
Estrogen receptor
 Negative 304 (16.1) 160 (18.9) 538 (16.9) 175 (20.3)
 Positive 1590 (84.0) 686 (81.1) 0.05 2648 (83.1) 687 (79.7) 0.02
 Missing 2412 1151 3888 1259
Surgery for first DCIS
 None 89 (2.1) 64 (3.2) 166 (2.4) 55 (2.6)
 BCS 2965 (69.1) 1191 (60.0) 4717 (67.0) 1307 (62.1)
 Mastectomy 1237 (28.8) 729 (36.7) <.0001 2156 (30.6) 744 (35.3) 0.0001
 Missing 15 13 35 15
Surgical margin
 Clear 3874 (96.0) 1730 (95.8) 6337 (96.0) 1794 (95.6)
 Positive 162 (4.0) 75 (4.2) 0.97 261 (4.0) 82 (4.4) 0.42
 Missing 166 115 275 175
Radiation therapy for first DCIS
 No 1980 (46.2) 1207 (61.3) 3489 (49.6) 1274 (61.3)
 Yes 2303 (53.8) 763 (38.7) <.0001 3545 (50.4) 803 (38.7) <.0001
 Missing 23 27 40 44
Surgery and radiation therapy for first DCIS
 No surgical treatment 89 (2.1) 64 (3.2) 166 (2.4) 55 (2.6)
 BCS alone 683 (16.0) 442 (22.4) 1220 (17.4) 508 (24.4)
 BCS and radiation 2271 (53.1) 738 (37.4) 3479 (49.6) 776 (37.3)
 Mastectomy 1237 (28.9) 729 (37.0) <.0001 2156 (30.7) 744 (35.7) <.0001
 Missing 26 24 53 38
Weeks from surgery to radiation, mean (SD) 6.2 (3.8) 7.2 (4.7) <.0001 6.5 (4.2) 6.4 (3.8) 0.53
Guideline concordant use of endocrine therapy§
 No 1171 (59.6) 655 (67.1) 2018 (61.1) 689 (67.8)
 Yes 794 (40.4) 321 (32.9) 0.0002 1287 (38.9) 328 (32.3) 0.0001
 Missing 113 48 214 37

The comparison was made in the patients with surgical treatment.

The analysis was limited to the patients who received radiation therapy following definitive breast-conserving surgery.

§

The analysis included the patients with estrogen receptor-positive DCIS and the patients with breast-conserving surgery alone.