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Table 4.14

Cancer of the Female Breast (Invasive)

5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) by Year of Diagnosis
Year of
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+
1960-1963a - - - 63 - - 46 - -
1970-1973a - - - 68 - - 51 - -
1975-1977b 75.1 76.7 74.6 75.9 77.9 75.2 62.2 62.4 62.1
1978-1980b 74.6 75.6 74.3 75.3 76.3 75.0 63.4 67.2 61.5
1981-1983b 76.4 77.5 76.0 77.3 78.7 77.0 63.8 65.4 63.0
1984-1986b 79.2 77.9 79.6 80.2 79.7 80.4 65.2 64.0 65.9
1987-1989b 84.2 81.5 85.2 85.3 82.9 86.1 71.3 69.6 72.3
1990-1992b 85.4 83.4 86.1 86.6 85.2 87.1 71.7 70.4 72.5
1993-1995b 86.5 84.3 87.3 87.8 86.3 88.4 72.7 70.2 74.1
1996-2000b 89.1 87.4 89.7 90.2 89.1 90.5 77.5 75.7 78.6
2001-2007b 90.0e 89.2e 90.3e 91.4e 91.0e 91.6e 77.4e 76.8e 77.7e
5-Year Period Survival (Percent)cd
Year All Races Whites Blacks
All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+
2007 89.2 88.8 89.4 90.5 90.3 90.5 77.7 77.4 77.9
Stage Distribution (%) 2001-2007c, Case Counts and Percentages
Stage at
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+
Number of cases 292,714 73,750 218,964 241,734 56,867 184,867 26,966 8,735 18,231
Percent 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Localized 60 53 63 61 54 63 51 47 53
Regional 33 41 30 32 41 30 38 44 35
Distant 5 4 5 5 4 5 8 7 9
Unstaged 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 3
5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) 2001-2007c by Age at Diagnosis
Age at
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+
Ages <45 86.9 - - 88.3 - - 76.0 - -
Ages 45-54 89.8 - - 91.2 - - 78.2 - -
Ages 55-64 90.1 - - 91.2 - - 78.9 - -
Ages 65-74 90.5 - - 91.5 - - 80.0 - -
Ages 75+ 87.2 - - 88.9 - - 68.8 - -
Ages <65 89.2 - - 90.6 - - 77.8 - -
Ages 65+ 88.9 - - 90.2 - - 75.2 - -
5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) 2001-2007c by Stage at Diagnosis
Stage at
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+
All Stages 89.1 88.4 89.3 90.4 89.9 90.5 77.0 77.0 77.0
Localized 98.6 96.2 99.3 99.3 96.7 100.0 92.6 91.3 93.1
Regional 83.8 84.6 83.4 85.2 86.3 84.7 72.0 72.8 71.6
Distant 23.3 30.6 21.3 24.7 34.7 22.4 14.8 15.7 14.4
Unstaged 52.4 71.9 47.5 52.0 74.9 47.0 45.2 50.9 43.5
In Situ h 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.3 100.0

Footnotes:

a Based on End Results data from a series of hospital registries and one population-based registry.

b SEER 9 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta). Based on follow-up of patients into 2008.

c SEER 17 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana and New Jersey). Based on follow-up of patients into 2008.

d Period survival provides a 2007 estimate of survival by piecing together the most recent conditional survival estimates from several cohorts. It is computed here using three year calendar blocks (2005-2007: 0-1 year survival), (2004-2006: 1-2 year survival), (2003-2005: 2-3 year survival), (2002-2004: 3-4 year survival), (2001-2003: 4-5 years survival).

e The difference between 1975-1977 and 2001-2007 is statistically significant (p<.05).

f The standard error is between 5 and 10 percentage points.

g The standard error is greater than 10 percentage points.

h In situ cases are not included in the All Stages group.

- Statistic could not be calculated due to fewer than 25 cases during the time period.

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