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Table 4.26

Cancer of the Female Breast (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2006-2010
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 280,343 99.4% 227,311 99.4% 29,434 99.3% 20,070 99.3% 1,070 99.0% 27,008 99.2%
Epidermoid carcinomad (8051-8131) 148 0.1% 121 0.1% 19 0.1% - - - - 18 0.1%
Adenocarcinomae 274,394 97.3% 222,769 97.5% 28,468 96.0% 19,726 97.6% 1,041 96.3% 26,369 96.8%
Adenocarcinoma, NOS (8140) 2,324 0.8% 1,854 0.8% 284 1.0% 136 0.7% - - 239 0.9%
Infiltrating duct carcinoma (8500) 203,964 72.3% 163,512 71.5% 22,253 75.1% 15,655 77.4% 807 74.7% 19,880 73.0%
Lobular carcinoma, NOS (8520) 24,403 8.7% 21,118 9.2% 1,967 6.6% 1,038 5.1% 68 6.3% 1,940 7.1%
Inflammatory adenocarcinoma (8530) 1,233 0.4% 957 0.4% 213 0.7% 52 0.3% - - 164 0.6%
Infiltrating duct mixed and infiltrating lobular mixed (8522-8524) 27,590 9.8% 23,405 10.2% 2,211 7.5% 1,637 8.1% 97 9.0% 2,747 10.1%
Mucinous adenocarcinoma (8480,8482) 5,969 2.1% 4,750 2.1% 582 2.0% 551 2.7% 22 2.0% 510 1.9%
Mucin-producing adenocarcinoma (8481) 88 0.0% 68 0.0% - - - - - - - -
Tubular adenocarcinoma (8211) 2,315 0.8% 2,080 0.9% 123 0.4% 94 0.5% - - 165 0.6%
Papillary adenocarcinoma (8050,8260,8503,8504) 1,621 0.6% 1,149 0.5% 272 0.9% 177 0.9% - - 177 0.7%
Paget disease (8540-8543) 1,430 0.5% 1,149 0.5% 141 0.5% 117 0.6% - - 173 0.6%
Other adenocarcinomasf 3,457 1.2% 2,727 1.2% 409 1.4% 264 1.3% - - 364 1.3%
Other specific carcinomasg 2,485 0.9% 1,842 0.8% 479 1.6% 137 0.7% - - 299 1.1%
Medullary adenocarcinoma (8510-8513) 1,022 0.4% 702 0.3% 251 0.8% 59 0.3% - - 154 0.6%
Otherh 1,463 0.5% 1,140 0.5% 228 0.8% 78 0.4% - - 145 0.5%
Unspecified, Carcinoma, NOS (8010-8011,8020-8022) 3,316 1.2% 2,579 1.1% 468 1.6% 201 1.0% 17 1.6% 322 1.2%
Sarcoma and other soft tissue tumors (8680-8713,8800-8921, 9040-9044,9120-9136, 9150-9252,9370-9373, 9540-9582) 310 0.1% 246 0.1% 34 0.1% 26 0.1% - - 28 0.1%
Hemangiosarcomas (9120-9126,9170) 154 0.1% 135 0.1% - - - - - - 17 0.1%
Other sarcomasd 156 0.1% 111 0.0% 27 0.1% - - - - - -
Other specific types (8720-8790,8930-8936, 8950-9030,9060-9110, 9260-9365,9380-9539) 747 0.3% 558 0.2% 93 0.3% 85 0.4% - - 136 0.5%
Phyllodes tumor, malignant (9020) 617 0.2% 464 0.2% 65 0.2% 80 0.4% - - 115 0.4%
Othere 130 0.0% 94 0.0% 28 0.1% - - - - 21 0.1%
Unspecified (8000-8005) 604 0.2% 456 0.2% 78 0.3% 33 0.2% - - 60 0.2%
Totalf 282,004 100.0% 228,571 100.0% 29,639 100.0% 20,214 100.0% 1,081 100.0% 27,232 100.0%

Footnotes:

Source: SEER 18 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, New Jersey and Georgia excluding ATL/RG). 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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