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Table 4.24

Cancer of the Female Breast (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2002-2006
Females by Race
Histologya All Races White Black Asian/
Pacific Islander
American Indian
/Alaska Nativeb
Hispanicc
Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent Count Percent
Carcinoma 243,134 99.4% 202,283 99.4% 21,929 99.3% 16,291 99.3% 845 98.8% 21,806 99.1%
Epidermoid carcinomad (8051-8131) 174 0.1% 134 0.1% 31 0.1% - - - - - -
Adenocarcinomae 237,448 97.1% 197,895 97.3% 21,027 95.2% 15,983 97.4% 828 96.8% 21,134 96.0%
Adenocarcinoma, NOS (8140) 2,446 1.0% 1,973 1.0% 307 1.4% 119 0.7% - - 227 1.0%
Infiltrating duct carcinoma (8500) 167,100 68.3% 137,352 67.5% 15,766 71.4% 12,160 74.1% 621 72.6% 15,326 69.6%
Lobular carcinoma, NOS (8520) 19,613 8.0% 17,469 8.6% 1,226 5.6% 734 4.5% 58 6.8% 1,419 6.4%
Inflammatory adenocarcinoma (8530) 2,042 0.8% 1,668 0.8% 272 1.2% 87 0.5% - - 282 1.3%
Infiltrating duct mixed and infiltrating lobular mixed (8522-8524) 29,956 12.2% 25,960 12.8% 2,055 9.3% 1,644 10.0% 94 11.0% 2,514 11.4%
Mucinous adenocarcinoma (8480,8482) 6,147 2.5% 5,029 2.5% 506 2.3% 545 3.3% 20 2.3% 479 2.2%
Mucin-producing adenocarcinoma (8481) 133 0.1% 110 0.1% 17 0.1% - - - - - -
Tubular adenocarcinoma (8211) 3,547 1.5% 3,231 1.6% 138 0.6% 133 0.8% - - 191 0.9%
Papillary adenocarcinoma (8050,8260,8503,8504) 1,435 0.6% 1,035 0.5% 222 1.0% 156 1.0% - - 160 0.7%
Paget disease (8540-8543) 1,396 0.6% 1,159 0.6% 127 0.6% 102 0.6% - - 160 0.7%
Other adenocarcinomasf 3,633 1.5% 2,909 1.4% 391 1.8% 298 1.8% - - 369 1.7%
Other specific carcinomasg 2,735 1.1% 2,040 1.0% 512 2.3% 160 1.0% - - 354 1.6%
Medullary adenocarcinoma (8510-8513) 1,527 0.6% 1,071 0.5% 340 1.5% 103 0.6% - - 236 1.1%
Otherh 1,208 0.5% 969 0.5% 172 0.8% 57 0.3% - - 118 0.5%
Unspecified, Carcinoma, NOS (8010-8011,8020-8022) 2,777 1.1% 2,214 1.1% 359 1.6% 142 0.9% - - 303 1.4%
Sarcoma and other soft tissue tumors (8680-8713,8800-8921, 9040-9044,9120-9136, 9150-9252,9370-9373, 9540-9582) 307 0.1% 253 0.1% 28 0.1% 18 0.1% - - 20 0.1%
Hemangiosarcomas (9120-9126,9170) 144 0.1% 129 0.1% - - - - - - - -
Other sarcomasd 163 0.1% 124 0.1% 21 0.1% - - - - - -
Other specific types (8720-8790,8930-8936, 8950-9030,9060-9110, 9260-9365,9380-9539) 678 0.3% 510 0.3% 71 0.3% 82 0.5% - - 116 0.5%
Phyllodes tumor, malignant (9020) 553 0.2% 417 0.2% 53 0.2% 71 0.4% - - 98 0.4%
Othere 125 0.1% 93 0.0% 18 0.1% - - - - 18 0.1%
Unspecified (8000-8005) 468 0.2% 363 0.2% 55 0.2% 23 0.1% - - 68 0.3%
Totalf 244,587 100.0% 203,409 100.0% 22,083 100.0% 16,414 100.0% 855 100.0% 22,010 100.0%

Footnotes:

Source: 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). Percents may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

a Excludes Kaposi Sarcoma, mesothelioma, lymphomas, leukemias, myelomas, lymphoreticular, and immunoproliferative diseases.

b Estimates for American Indian/Alaska Native are based on the CHSDA(Contract Health Service Delivery Area) counties.

c Hispanic is not mutually exclusive from whites, blacks, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives. Underlying incidence data for Hispanics are based on NHIA and exclude cases from the Alaska Native Registry.

d Epidermoid carcinoma includes squamous, basal, and transitional cell carcinomas.

e Adenocarcinoma includes histologies 8050, 8140-8147, 8160-8162, 8180-8221, 8250-8507, 8514, 8520-8551, 8560, 8570-8574, 8576, 8940-8941.

f Other adenocarcinomas include histologies 8141-8147, 8160-8162, 8180-8210, 8212-8221, 8250-8259, 8261-8479, 8483-8499, 8501-8502, 8505-8507, 8514, 8521, 8525-8529, 8531-8539, 8544-8551, 8560, 8570-8574, 8576, 8940-8941.

g Other specific carcinomas include histologies 8012-8015, 8030-8046, 8150-8155, 8170-8175, 8230-8249, 8508, 8510-8513, 8561-8562, 8575, 8580-8671.

h Other includes histologies 8012-8015, 8030-8046, 8150-8155, 8170-8175, 8230-8249, 8508, 8561-8562, 8575, 8580-8671.

- Statistic not shown due to fewer than 16 cases during the time period.

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