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. 2019 Dec 10;19:1201. doi: 10.1186/s12885-019-6417-3

Table 3.

Clinico-pathological predictors of invasive component in patients with preoperative needle biopsy-based diagnosis of DCIS

Variable Risk for invasive component
Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
HR (95% CI) p HR (95% CI) p
Age (> 50) 0.75 (0.36–1.59) 0.458 0.82 (0.38–1.79) 0.623
US tumor size (> 2 cm) 1.31 (0.61–2.82) 0.489 1.40 (0.60–3.26) 0.441
US finding (mass) 1.52 (0.19–12.10) 0.693
Mammographic finding (microcalcification) 0.73 (0.34–1.56) 0.416 0.83 (0.36–1.91) 0.666
Multifocality (present) 0.95 (0.39–2.31) 0.906
Nuclear grade (high) 2.39 (1.05–5.42) 0.038 2.86 (1.14–7.14) 0.025

Estrogen receptor

(positive)

0.66 (0.30–1.45) 0.305

Progesterone receptor

(positive)

0.66 (0.31–1.38) 0.266
HER-2(overexpression) 1.05 (0.49–2.22) 0.904
Ki-67 (> 14%) 1.32 (0.48–3.62) 0.589

Type of operation

(Mastectomy)

2.25 (1.00–5.05) 0.050 2.27 (0.94–5.50) 0.069

Abbreviations DCIS Ductal carcinoma in situ, US Ultrasonography, HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2