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. 2019 May 8;146(5):1189–1197. doi: 10.1002/ijc.32362

Table 1.

Overview of retrospective analyses of active surveillance trials’ eligibility criteria in relation to upstage rates to invasive cancer in the surgical resection specimen, after an initial diagnosis of pure DCIS at the biopsy level

Ref. Year of publication Active surveillance eligibility criteria Number of samples according to eligibility criteria n Total upstage rate to invasive cancer n (%) Upstage rate to invasive cancer according to nuclear grade n (%)
51 2013 LoRis 31 0 (0)
  • Low grade: 0 (0)

  • Intermediate grade: 0 (0)

52 2016 LoRis 296 58 (20)
  • Low grade: 4 (8)

  • Intermediate grade: 54 (22)

53 2017 LoRis 74 5 (7)
  • Low grade: 1 (8)

  • Intermediate grade: 4 (7)

LORD 10 1 (10)
  • Low grade: 1 (10)

COMET 81 5 (6)
  • Low grade: 1 (8)

  • Intermediate grade: 4 (6)

54 2018 LoRis 25 6 (24) Not mentioned in this report
COMET 23 5 (22) Not mentioned in this report
55 2017 LoRis 241 16 (7) Not mentioned in this report

Abbreviations: COMET, comparison of operative to monitoring and endocrine therapy trial; DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; LORD, low‐risk DCIS trial; LoRis, low‐risk DCIS trial; Ref, reference.