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. 2021 Oct 27;148(2):387–400. doi: 10.1007/s00432-021-03841-x

Table 1.

Comparison of histological submissions, which contain one biopsy (= 1 biopsy), based on the age groups pre-, peri- and post-screening

Total Age group p-value
Pre-screening (< 50 years) Peri-screening (50–69 years) Post-screening (≥ 70 years)
n
(%)
n
(%)
n
(%)
n
(%)
Localization Total number [n] 6.329 0.007 a
 C50.1 109 (1,7) 34 (1.4) 39 (1.5) 36 (2.7)
 C50.2 383 (6.1) 149 (6.2) 162 (6.2) 72 (5.4)
 C50.3 205 (3.2) 80 (3.3) 76 (2.9) 49 (3.7)
 C50.4 1.377 (21.8) 530 (22.1) 586 (22.5) 261 (19.7)
 C50.5 305 (4.8) 128 (5.3) 120 (4.6) 57 (4.3)
 C50.6 36 (0.6) 5 (0.2) 22 (0.8) 9 (0.7)
 C50.8 1.197 (18.9) 463 (19.3) 493 (18.9) 241 (18.2)
 C50.9 2.717 (42.9) 1.008 (42.1) 1.110 (42.6) 599 (45.2)
B-classification Total number [n] 4.433 0.000a
 B1 151 (3.4) 78 (4.5) 55 (3.3) 18 (1.7)
 B2 1.408 (31.8) 879 (50.5) 406 (24.7) 123 (11.7)
 B3 283 (6.4) 151 (8.7) 93 (5.6) 39 (3.7)
 B4 53 (1.2) 12 (0.7) 24 (1.5) 17 (1.6)
 B5a 260 (5.9) 73 (4.2) 123 (7.5) 64 (6.1)
 B5b 2.232 (50.3) 536 (30.8) 930 (56.5) 766 (73.2)
 B5c 46 (1.0) 10 (0.6) 16 (1.0) 20 (1.9)
 B5d 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Carcinoma Total number [n] 3.084
 Invasive ductal carcinoma/ invasive carcinoma NST 2.318 (75.2) 573 (81.3) 1.062 (75.4) 683 (70.3) 0.000b
 Invasive lobular carcinoma 486 (15.8) 82 (11.6) 234 (16.6) 170 (17.5) 0.000 b
 Invasive carcinoma with medullary features/ medullary carcinoma/atypical medullary carcinoma 59 (1.9) 24 (3.4) 22 (1.6) 13 (1.3) 0.175 b
 Other invasive carcinomas 221 (7.1) 26 (3.7) 90 (6.4) 105 (10.9)
 Tubular carcinoma 50 (1.6) 8 (1.1) 27 (1.9) 15 (1.5) 0.004b
 Invasive papillary carcinoma/solid papillary carcinoma 36 (1.2) 4 (0.6) 12 (0.9) 20 (2.1) 0.005b
 Metaplastic carcinoma 6 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.1) 4 (0.4) 0.135b
 Mucinous carcinoma 65 (2.1) 7 (1.0) 17 (1.2) 41 (4.2) 0.000b
 Other subtypes 36 (1.2) 5 (0.7) 16 (1.1) 15 (1.5) 0.046b
 Metastases 18 (0.6) 1 (0.1) 12 (0.9) 5 (0.5) 0.006b
 Other malignant tumors 9 (0.3) 1 (0.1) 4 (0.3) 4 (0.4) 0.368b
 Multiple malignant carcinomas 1 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1) 0.386b
In-situ lesions Total number [n] 529
 Atypical epithelial proliferation of ductal type/ DCIS non high grade /ADH 300 (56.7) 85 (55.2) 150 (56.6) 65 (59.1) 0.000b
 Ductales carcinoma in situ high grade 171 (32.3) 49 (31.8) 83 (31.3) 39 (35.5) 0.000b
 Lobular intraepithelial neoplasia 16 (3.0) 4 (2.6) 11 (4.2) 1 (0.9) 0.007b
 Flat epithelial Atypia 23 (4.3) 13 (8.4) 9 (3.4) 1 (0.9) 0.008b
 Multiple in-situ carcinoma 19 (3.6) 3 (1.9) 12 (4.5) 4 (3.6) 0.021b
Elston & Ellis grading system Total number [n] 1.602 0.025a
 G1 463 (28.9) 96 (25.3) 186 (28.9) 181 (31.3)
 G2 899 (56.1) 212 (55.8) 358 (55.6) 329 (56.9)
 G3 240 (15.0) 72 (18.9) 100 (15.5) 68 (11.8)
Estrogen receptor status Total number [n] 3.503 0.000a
 Negative 506 (14.4) 150 (18.3) 229 (14.1) 127 (11.9)
 Positive (weak expression) 145 (4.1) 45 (5.5) 64 (4.0) 36 (3.4)
 Positive (moderate expression) 661 (18.9) 228 (27.9) 286 (17.7) 147 (13.8)
 Positive (strong expression) 2.191 (62.5) 395 (48.3) 1.040 (64.2) 756 (70.9)
Progesterone receptor status Total number [n] 3.497 0.099a
 Negative 950 (27.2) 226 (27.7) 448 (27.7) 276 (25.9)
 Positive (weak expression) 237 (6.8) 43 (5.3) 123 (7.6) 71 (6.7)
 Positive (moderate expression) 838 (24.0) 178 (21.8) 395 (24.4) 265 (24.9)
 Positive (strong expression) 1.472 (42.1) 369 (45.2) 651 (40.3) 452 (42.5)
HER2 status Total number [n] 3.068 0.000a
 Negative 2.656 (86.6) 585 (83.1) 1.189 (84.9) 882 (91.6)
 Positive 412 (13.4) 119 (16.9) 212 (15.1) 81 (8.4)
 Positive (% within HER2-Status) 119 (28.9) 212 (51.5)

81

(19.7)

Ki-67-index (grouped) Total number [n] 927 0.160a
 ≤ 10 110 (11.9) 22 (10.0) 41 (11.3) 47 (13.7)
 10–20 219 (23.6) 43 (19.5) 83 (22.9) 93 (27.1)
 20–25 105 (11.3) 25 (11.3) 42 (11.6) 38 (11.1)
 25–50 299 (32.3) 75 (33.9) 119 (32.8) 105 (30.6)
 > 50 153 (16.5) 48 (21.7) 63 (17.4) 42 (12.2)
 Unclassifiable 41 (4.4) 8 (3.6) 15 (4.1) 18 (5.2)
IHC based molecular subtypes Total number [n] 1.322 0.000a
 Triple-negative (ER- PR- HER2-) 301 (22.8) 99 (28.2) 123 (22.1) 79 (19.1)
 Luminal A 297 (22.5) 60 (17.1) 108 (19.4) 129 (31.2)
 Luminal B 622 (47.0) 160 (45.6) 277 (49.7) 185 (44.7)
 HER2 positive 102 (7.7) 32 (9.1) 49 (8.8) 21 (5.1)

aFishers exact test

bChi square tes