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Cancers by Indication for Examination for 714,984 Diagnostic Mammography Examinations from 1996 - 2005

  Work-Up of Abnormal Screening Examination
N=232,678
Short-Interval Follow-Up
N=163,155
Evaluation of Breast Problem/No Lump or Lump Unknown
N=202,490
Evaluation of Breast Problem/Palpable Lump
N=116,661
All Diagnostic Examinations
N=714,984
All Cancers* 9,013 1,482 4,023 6,847 21,365
Cancer diagnosis rate (per 1000) 38.7 9.1 19.9 58.7 29.9
Cancer histology          
DCIS 2,346 (26.0) 424 (28.6) 513 (12.8) 312 (4.6) 3,595 (16.8)
All invasive 6,667 (74.0) 1,058 (71.4) 3,510 (87.2) 6,535 (95.4) 17,770 (83.2)
Invasive cancer size          
Invasive, 1-5 mm 723 (12.2) 148 (15.9) 197 (6.2) 160 (2.7) 1,228 (7.8)
Invasive, 6-10 mm 1,713 (28.9) 277 (29.8) 479 (15.2) 453 (7.8) 2,922 (18.5)
Invasive, 11-15 mm 1,587 (26.8) 220 (23.6) 662 (21.0) 1,020 (17.5) 3,489 (22.0)
Invasive, 16-20 mm 808 (13.6) 113 (12.1) 541 (17.2) 1,074 (18.4) 2,536 (16.0)
Invasive, >20 mm 1,095 (18.5) 173 (18.6) 1,275 (40.4) 3,119 (53.5) 5,662 (35.8)
Invasive, size unknown 741 127 356 709 1,933
Invasive, mean size (mm) 16.2 16.0 23.5 27.1 21.7
Invasive, median size (mm) 13 12 19 22 17
Minimal cancer§ 4,782 (57.8) 849 (62.7) 1,189 (32.4) 925 (15.1) 7,745 (39.9)
Axillary lymph node status (invasive cancers)||          
Node negative 4,976 (79.6) 782 (82.1) 2,097 (62.7) 3,623 (58.3) 11,478 (68.5)
Node positive 1,273 (20.4) 170 (17.9) 1,247 (37.3) 2,587 (41.7) 5,277 (31.5)
Nodal status unknown 418 106 166 325 1,015
Cancer stage#          
Stage 0 2,346 (28.5) 424 (32.5) 513 (14.3) 312 (5.3) 3,595 (18.9)
Stage I 4,109 (49.9) 616 (47.2) 1,373 (38.3) 1,868 (31.8) 7,966 (41.9)
Stage II 1,582 (19.2) 232 (17.8) 1,325 (37.0) 2,909 (49.5) 6,048 (31.8)
Stage III 141 (1.7) 24 (1.8) 262 (7.3) 564 (9.6) 991 (5.2)
Stage IV 50 (0.6) 10 (0.8) 108 (3.0) 228 (3.9) 396 (2.1)
Stage unknown 785 176 442 966 2,369

* Cancers = The number of cancers diagnosed within 1 year following an examination with an abnormal interpretation (BI-RADS 4 or 5).

Numbers in parentheses are percentages of all cancers.

Numbers in parentheses are percentages of invasive cancers of known size.

§ Minimal cancer = DCIS or invasive cancer <= 10 mm; numbers in parentheses are percentages of DCIS + invasive cancer of known size.

|| Numbers in parentheses are percentages of invasive cancers of known nodal status.

# Numbers in parentheses are percentages of DCIS + invasive cancers of known stage.

The following source must be cited when reproducing this table: NCI-funded Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium co-operative agreement (U01CA63740, U01CA86076, U01CA86082, U01CA63736, U01CA70013, U01CA69976, U01CA63731, U01CA70040). Downloaded xx/xx/xx from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Web site - http://breastscreening.cancer.gov/data/benchmarks/diagnostic/table4.html

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