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. 2021 Jun 26;189(2):541–550. doi: 10.1007/s10549-021-06308-2

Table 2.

Differences between no surgery and surgery of new-onset breast cancer patients

Parameter No surgery n = 6,840 Surgery n = 98,447 p value
Age in years, mean (SD) 82.1 (11.1) 60.6 (12.6)  < 0.001
Age groups  < 0.001
 Under 40 years, N (%) 50 (1.1%) 4476 (98.9%)
 40–50 years, N (%) 139 (0.9%) 15,538 (99.1%)
 50–75 years, N (%) 907 (1.4%) 66,013 (98.6%)
 Over 75 years, N (%) 5744 (31.6%) 12,420 (68.4%)
Detected during screening, N (%) 233 (3.4%) 39,370 (40.0%)  < 0.001
Socioeconomic status  < 0.001
 0–9%, N (%) 917 (8.8%) 9465 (91.2%)
 10–20%, N (%) 774 (7.4%) 9700 (92.6%)
 20–30%, N (%) 717 (7.0%) 9588 (93.0%)
 30–40%, N (%) 665 (6.4%) 9662 (93.6%)
 40–50%, N (%) 675 (6.4%) 9912 (93.6%)
 50–60%, N (%) 685 (6.7%) 9587 (93.3%)
 60–70%, N (%) 623 (6.0%) 9688 (94.0%)
 70–80%, N (%) 594 (5.6%) 10,056 (94.4%)
 80–90%, N (%) 595 (5.5%) 10,199 (94.5%)
 90–100%, N (%) 595 (5.3%) 10,590 (94.7%)
Tumor stage  < 0.001
 Stage I, N (%) 2394 (3.9%) 58,617 (96.1%)
 Stage II, N (%) 4446 (10.0%) 39,830 (90.0%)
Medical history  < 0.001
 No medical history, N (%) 6562 (2.6%) 91,299 (97.4%)
 Positive non-oncological medical history, N (%) 247 (3.5%) 6774 (96.5%)
 Positive oncological medical history, N (%) 31 (0.5%) 374 (92.3%)
Hormone receptor status
 Her2 receptor negative, N (%) 6331(6.8%) 86,808 (93.2%)  < 0.001
 Progesterone receptor positive, N (%) 4636(6.5%) 66,854 (93.5%) 0.831
 Estrogen receptor positive, N (%) 5820(6.7%) 81,244 (93.3%)  < 0.001
 Triple negative 128(3.3%) 3757 (96.7%)  < 0.001
Tumor grade  < 0.001
 Low grade, N (%) 1910 (7.2%) 24,757(92.8%)
 Intermediate grade, N (%) 3505 (6.9%) 47,590(93.1%)
 High grade, N (%) 1425 (5.2%) 26,100(94.8%)
Histological tumor type  < 0.001
 No special type, N (%) 5198 (6.1%) 79,460 (93.9%)
 Lobular (ILC), N (%) 1072 (8.5%) 11,536 (91.5%)
 Both, N (%) 91 (2.9%) 3041 (97.1%)
 Mucinous, N (%) 300 (14.6%) 1756 (85.4%)
 Medullary, N (%) 1(0.2%) 594 (99.8%)
 Tubular, N (%) 18(2%) 898 (98.0%)
 Other, N (%) 160 (12.1%) 1162(87.9%)
Hospital volume 0.395
 Low volume 662 (6.7%) 9166 (93.3%)
 Average volume 1649 (6.4%) 24,302 (93.6%)
 High volume 4529 (6.5%) 64,979 (93.5%)
Year of diagnosis  < 0.001
 2011, N (%) 792 (6.2%) 11,908 (93.8%)
 2012, N (%) 798 (6.1%) 12,180 (93.9%)
 2013, N (%) 800 (6.1%) 12,290 (93.9%)
 2014, N (%) 833 (6.3%) 12,332 (93.7%)
 2015, N (%) 815 (6.2%) 12,329 (93.8%)
 2016, N (%) 870 (6.6%) 12,324 (93.4%)
 2017, N (%) 961 (7.0%) 12,700 (93.0%)
 2018, N (%) 971 (7.3%) 12,384 (92.7%)

BCT breast-conserving therapy, N number, SD standard deviation, BIRADS breast imaging reporting and data system, ILS invasive lobular carcinoma