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Table 4.25

Cancer of the Female Breast (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2011-2015
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 312,306 99.4% 246,298 99.5% 34,895 99.3% 26,564 99.3% 1,339 99.3% 34,553 99.2%
Epidermoid carcinomad (8051-8131) 168 0.1% 135 0.1% 21 0.1% - - - - 18 0.1%
Adenocarcinomae 306,400 97.6% 241,894 97.7% 33,862 96.4% 26,188 97.9% 1,313 97.4% 33,827 97.1%
Adenocarcinoma, NOS (8140) 2,153 0.7% 1,672 0.7% 288 0.8% 147 0.5% - - 237 0.7%
Infiltrating duct carcinoma (8500) 230,651 73.4% 179,993 72.7% 26,415 75.2% 20,848 77.9% 1,032 76.6% 25,986 74.6%
Lobular carcinoma, NOS (8520) 29,780 9.5% 25,105 10.1% 2,657 7.6% 1,618 6.0% 106 7.9% 2,710 7.8%
Inflammatory adenocarcinoma (8530) 826 0.3% 646 0.3% 117 0.3% 53 0.2% - - 143 0.4%
Infiltrating duct mixed and infiltrating lobular mixed (8522-8524) 28,414 9.0% 23,261 9.4% 2,617 7.4% 2,144 8.0% 101 7.5% 3,288 9.4%
Mucinous adenocarcinoma (8480,8482) 6,000 1.9% 4,513 1.8% 755 2.1% 656 2.5% 20 1.5% 611 1.8%
Mucin-producing adenocarcinoma (8481) 59 0.0% 45 0.0% - - - - - - - -
Tubular adenocarcinoma (8211) 1,627 0.5% 1,439 0.6% 104 0.3% 65 0.2% - - 118 0.3%
Papillary adenocarcinoma (8050,8260,8503,8504) 2,037 0.6% 1,438 0.6% 317 0.9% 237 0.9% - - 226 0.6%
Paget disease (8540-8543) 1,085 0.3% 854 0.3% 124 0.4% 94 0.4% - - 111 0.3%
Other adenocarcinomasf 3,768 1.2% 2,928 1.2% 458 1.3% 324 1.2% - - 391 1.1%
Other specific carcinomasg 2,502 0.8% 1,838 0.7% 459 1.3% 180 0.7% - - 322 0.9%
Medullary adenocarcinoma (8510-8513) 661 0.2% 446 0.2% 164 0.5% 43 0.2% - - 135 0.4%
Otherh 1,841 0.6% 1,392 0.6% 295 0.8% 137 0.5% - - 187 0.5%
Unspecified, Carcinoma, NOS (8010-8011,8020-8022) 3,236 1.0% 2,431 1.0% 553 1.6% 185 0.7% - - 386 1.1%
Sarcoma and other soft tissue tumors (8680-8713,8800-8921, 9040-9044,9120-9136, 9150-9252,9370-9373, 9540-9582) 323 0.1% 245 0.1% 52 0.1% 22 0.1% - - 43 0.1%
Hemangiosarcomas (9120-9126,9170) 166 0.1% 140 0.1% 17 0.0% - - - - 19 0.1%
Other sarcomasd 157 0.1% 105 0.0% 35 0.1% - - - - 24 0.1%
Other specific types (8720-8790,8930-8936, 8950-9030,9060-9110, 9260-9365,9380-9539) 723 0.2% 499 0.2% 90 0.3% 115 0.4% - - 142 0.4%
Phyllodes tumor, malignant (9020) 612 0.2% 420 0.2% 68 0.2% 105 0.4% - - 126 0.4%
Othere 111 0.0% 79 0.0% 22 0.1% - - - - 16 0.0%
Unspecified (8000-8005) 699 0.2% 526 0.2% 102 0.3% 46 0.2% - - 97 0.3%
Totalf 314,051 100.0% 247,568 100.0% 35,139 100.0% 26,747 100.0% 1,348 100.0% 34,835 100.0%

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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