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. 2022 Jun 20;14(12):3029. doi: 10.3390/cancers14123029

Table 2.

Characteristics of women with breast cancer, by year of diagnosis and age.

Variables <45 45–74 75+
2019 2020 2019 2020 2019 2020
n % n % p-Value n % n % p-Value n % n % p-Value
Overall 63 56 377 423 130 110
Invasive 53 84.1 48 85.7 0.809 316 83.8 359 84.9 0.683 128 98.5 106 96.4 0.300
In situ 10 15.9 8 14.3 61 16.2 64 15.1 2 1.5 4 3.6
Only invasive
Morphology
ductal 45 84.9 44 91.7 0.535 259 82.0 285 79.4 0.046 91 71.1 83 78.3 0.107
lobular 3 5.7 2 4.2 51 16.1 54 15.0 23 18.0 9 8.5
other 5 9.4 2 4.2 6 1.9 20 5.6 14 10.9 14 13.2
pT
T1 25 47.2 16 33.3 0.225 211 66.8 244 68.0 0.885 47 36.7 33 31.1 0.189
T2 8 15.1 10 20.8 47 14.9 51 14.2 30 23.4 28 26.4
T3 2 3.8 0 0.0 7 2.2 9 2.5 4 3.1 3 2.8
T4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.3 8 6.3 1 0.9
Unknown 18 34.0 22 45.8 51 16.1 54 15.0 39 30.5 41 38.7
N
N0 31 58.5 30 62.5 0.681 231 73.1 259 72.1 0.893 85 66.4 76 71.7 0.605
N+ 22 41.5 18 37.5 81 25.6 94 26.2 37 28.9 27 25.5
Unknown 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 1.3 6 1.7 6 4.7 3 2.8
M
M0 51 96.2 43 89.6 0.178 310 98.1 349 97.2 123 96.1 102 96.2
M1 2 3.8 5 10.4 6 1.9 10 2.8 5 3.9 4 3.8
Stage
I 25 47.2 15 31.3 0.353 192 60.8 226 63.0 0.435 45 35.2 40 37.7 0.495
II 17 32.1 20 41.7 92 29.1 91 25.3 57 44.5 52 49.1
III 8 15.1 6 12.5 25 7.9 27 7.5 19 14.8 10 9.4
IV 2 3.8 5 10.4 6 1.9 10 2.8 5 3.9 4 3.8
Unknown 1 1.9 2 4.2 1 0.3 5 1.4 2 1.6 0 0.0
Grading
1 4 7.5 1 2.1 0.175 22 7.0 22 6.1 0.280 4 3.1 3 2.8 0.305
2 28 52.8 19 39.6 211 66.8 236 65.7 83 64.8 80 75.5
3 17 32.1 25 52.1 80 25.3 90 25.1 33 25.8 20 18.9
Unknown 4 7.5 3 6.3 3 0.9 11 3.1 8 6.3 3 2.8
Screening
Screen-detected 199 63.0 228 63.5 0.003
Interval cancers * 85 26.9 81 22.6
non attenders 27 8.5 24 6.7
not eligible 5 1.6 26 7.2
Total 53 48 316 359 128 106

* Interval cancers include all women with non-screen detected cancer and who had a negative screening test before cancer diagnosis, independently of the time elapsed since the negative test.