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Table 4.26

Cancer of the Female Breast (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2004-2008
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 250,124 99.4% 205,618 99.4% 23,187 99.3% 18,041 99.3% 959 99.4% 24,514 99.2%
Epidermoid carcinomad (8051-8131) 158 0.1% 122 0.1% 24 0.1% - - - - 17 0.1%
Adenocarcinomae 244,659 97.2% 201,440 97.4% 22,335 95.7% 17,705 97.5% 935 96.9% 23,875 96.6%
Adenocarcinoma, NOS (8140) 2,268 0.9% 1,828 0.9% 255 1.1% 144 0.8% - - 224 0.9%
Infiltrating duct carcinoma (8500) 177,564 70.6% 144,325 69.8% 17,160 73.5% 13,735 75.6% 709 73.5% 17,748 71.8%
Lobular carcinoma, NOS (8520) 20,768 8.3% 18,270 8.8% 1,395 6.0% 866 4.8% 66 6.8% 1,659 6.7%
Inflammatory adenocarcinoma (8530) 1,485 0.6% 1,168 0.6% 235 1.0% 65 0.4% - - 201 0.8%
Infiltrating duct mixed and infiltrating lobular mixed (8522-8524) 27,483 10.9% 23,587 11.4% 1,924 8.2% 1,638 9.0% 98 10.2% 2,623 10.6%
Mucinous adenocarcinoma (8480,8482) 5,911 2.3% 4,735 2.3% 502 2.2% 588 3.2% 20 2.1% 510 2.1%
Mucin-producing adenocarcinoma (8481) 104 0.0% 84 0.0% - - - - - - - -
Tubular adenocarcinoma (8211) 2,808 1.1% 2,552 1.2% 123 0.5% 100 0.6% - - 185 0.7%
Papillary adenocarcinoma (8050,8260,8503,8504) 1,448 0.6% 1,036 0.5% 225 1.0% 164 0.9% - - 178 0.7%
Paget disease (8540-8543) 1,434 0.6% 1,165 0.6% 138 0.6% 113 0.6% - - 179 0.7%
Other adenocarcinomasf 3,386 1.3% 2,690 1.3% 364 1.6% 287 1.6% - - 361 1.5%
Other specific carcinomasg 2,459 1.0% 1,822 0.9% 457 2.0% 153 0.8% - - 318 1.3%
Medullary adenocarcinoma (8510-8513) 1,148 0.5% 793 0.4% 262 1.1% 78 0.4% - - 183 0.7%
Otherh 1,311 0.5% 1,029 0.5% 195 0.8% 75 0.4% - - 135 0.5%
Unspecified, Carcinoma, NOS (8010-8011,8020-8022) 2,848 1.1% 2,234 1.1% 371 1.6% 175 1.0% - - 304 1.2%
Sarcoma and other soft tissue tumors (8680-8713,8800-8921, 9040-9044,9120-9136, 9150-9252,9370-9373, 9540-9582) 306 0.1% 244 0.1% 35 0.1% 22 0.1% - - 23 0.1%
Hemangiosarcomas (9120-9126,9170) 160 0.1% 140 0.1% - - - - - - - -
Other sarcomasd 146 0.1% 104 0.1% 27 0.1% - - - - - -
Other specific types (8720-8790,8930-8936, 8950-9030,9060-9110, 9260-9365,9380-9539) 676 0.3% 520 0.3% 71 0.3% 73 0.4% - - 137 0.6%
Phyllodes tumor, malignant (9020) 542 0.2% 418 0.2% 48 0.2% 66 0.4% - - 117 0.5%
Othere 134 0.1% 102 0.0% 23 0.1% - - - - 20 0.1%
Unspecified (8000-8005) 483 0.2% 378 0.2% 56 0.2% 25 0.1% - - 50 0.2%
Totalf 251,589 100.0% 206,760 100.0% 23,349 100.0% 18,161 100.0% 965 100.0% 24,724 100.0%

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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