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. 2019 Sep 18;2(4):528–537. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooz040

Table 2.

Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) case detection results by metastatic breast cancer status

Recurrent MBC (stage 0–III at diagnosis)
de novo MBC (stage IV at diagnosis)
Non-MBC
No. % No. % No. %
Total 1302 100 495 100 7590 100
Age at diagnosis: mean (SD) 52.99 (13.04) 54.61 (13.62) 55.36 (12.99)
Year of breast cancer diagnosis
 Before 2005 526 40.40 116 23.43 1738 22.90
 2005–2009 463 35.56 189 38.18 2787 36.72
 2010–2015 313 24.04 190 38.38 3065 40.38
Race
 White 1025 78.73 394 79.60 5887 77.56
 Black 51 3.92 25 5.05 229 3.02
 Asian/Pacific Islander 206 15.82 70 14.14 1371 18.06
 Other 4 0.31 2 0.40 57 0.75
 Missing 16 1.23 4 0.81 46 0.61
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 129 9.91 55 11.11 588 7.75
 Non-Hispanic 1170 89.86 439 88.69 6968 91.81
 Missing 3 0.23 1 0.20 34 0.45
Neighborhood socioeconomic statusa
 Lowest quintile 45 3.46 40 8.08 342 4.51
 Second quintile 121 9.29 64 12.93 631 8.31
 Third quintile 215 16.51 81 16.36 988 13.02
 Fourth quintile 254 19.51 105 21.21 1433 18.88
 Highest quintile 646 49.62 195 39.39 4015 52.90
 Missing 21 1.61 10 2.02 181 2.39
Stage
 0 72 5.53 0 0.00 1813 23.87
 I 302 23.20 0 0.00 2837 37.37
 II 585 44.93 0 0.00 2186 28.80
 III 307 23.58 0 0.00 616 8.10
 IV 0 0.00 495 100.00 0 0.00
 Missing 36 2.76 0 0.00 141 1.86
Tumor receptor subtypeb
 Estrogen receptor and/or progesterone receptor (PR)-positive and HER2-negative 608 46.70 247 49.90 3514 46.30
 HER2-positive 259 19.89 117 23.64 969 12.77
 Triple-negative 223 17.13 63 12.73 689 9.08
 Missing 212 16.28 68 13.74 2418 31.86
Grade
 1 163 12.52 21 4.24 1511 19.91
 2 446 34.26 167 33.74 3020 39.79
 3 580 44.55 177 35.76 2400 31.62
 Missing 113 8.68 130 26.26 659 8.68
Histology
 Ductal 1146 88.02 413 83.43 6433 84.76
 Lobular 117 8.99 56 11.31 703 9.26
Other 39 3.00 26 5.25 454 5.98
Marital status
 Single 202 15.52 95 19.19 1133 14.93
 Married 865 66.44 289 58.38 5096 67.14
 Divorced 120 9.22 47 9.49 602 7.93
 Widowed 81 6.22 44 8.89 518 6.82
 Separated, unmarried, or domestic partner 20 1.54 15 3.03 170 2.24
 Missing 14 1.07 5 1.01 71 0.94
Payer
 Not insured 11 0.84 3 0.61 35 0.46
 Insurance, not otherwise specified 144 11.06 45 9.09 729 9.60
 Managed care/HMO/PPO 695 53.38 241 48.69 4489 59.14
 Medicaid 121 9.29 60 12.12 390 5.14
 Medicare 267 20.51 118 23.84 1610 21.21
 Others 21 1.61 11 2.22 115 1.52
 Missing 43 3.30 17 3.43 222 2.92
a

Neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) quintile was assigned based on a previously developed measurement by Yost et al for cases diagnosed from 2000 to 2005, and Shariff-Marco et al for cases diagnosed 2006 to 2015.30,31

b

Triple negative: estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and HER2 all negative. HER2 positive: HER2 positive, regardless of estrogen receptor or progesterone receptor status.