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Table 4.25

Cancer of the Female Breast (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2012-2016
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 430,905 99.5% 341,837 99.5% 49,429 99.3% 33,319 99.3% 1,551 99.3% 46,768 99.2%
Epidermoid carcinomad (8051-8131) 215 0.0% 175 0.1% 30 0.1% - - - - 23 0.0%
Adenocarcinomae 423,201 97.7% 336,133 97.8% 48,041 96.5% 32,837 97.9% 1,521 97.4% 45,815 97.2%
Adenocarcinoma, NOS (8140) 2,726 0.6% 2,117 0.6% 374 0.8% 176 0.5% 16 1.0% 291 0.6%
Infiltrating duct carcinoma (8500) 313,957 72.5% 246,455 71.7% 36,926 74.2% 25,918 77.3% 1,187 76.0% 34,906 74.0%
Lobular carcinoma, NOS (8520) 42,159 9.7% 35,813 10.4% 3,735 7.5% 2,064 6.2% 128 8.2% 3,709 7.9%
Inflammatory adenocarcinoma (8530) 947 0.2% 739 0.2% 143 0.3% 53 0.2% - - 166 0.4%
Infiltrating duct mixed and infiltrating lobular mixed (8522-8524) 42,471 9.8% 34,812 10.1% 4,223 8.5% 2,855 8.5% 117 7.5% 4,607 9.8%
Mucinous adenocarcinoma (8480,8482) 8,042 1.9% 6,108 1.8% 1,031 2.1% 801 2.4% 23 1.5% 852 1.8%
Mucin-producing adenocarcinoma (8481) 77 0.0% 59 0.0% - - - - - - - -
Tubular adenocarcinoma (8211) 2,213 0.5% 1,963 0.6% 140 0.3% 78 0.2% - - 151 0.3%
Papillary adenocarcinoma (8050,8260,8503,8504) 3,197 0.7% 2,307 0.7% 501 1.0% 310 0.9% - - 365 0.8%
Paget disease (8540-8543) 1,391 0.3% 1,126 0.3% 146 0.3% 92 0.3% - - 130 0.3%
Other adenocarcinomasf 6,021 1.4% 4,634 1.3% 810 1.6% 485 1.4% 18 1.2% 630 1.3%
Other specific carcinomasg 3,304 0.8% 2,432 0.7% 619 1.2% 220 0.7% - - 420 0.9%
Medullary adenocarcinoma (8510-8513) 745 0.2% 498 0.1% 191 0.4% 50 0.1% - - 150 0.3%
Otherh 2,559 0.6% 1,934 0.6% 428 0.9% 170 0.5% - - 270 0.6%
Unspecified, Carcinoma, NOS (8010-8011,8020-8022) 4,185 1.0% 3,097 0.9% 739 1.5% 253 0.8% 19 1.2% 510 1.1%
Sarcoma and other soft tissue tumors (8680-8713,8800-8921, 9040-9044,9120-9136, 9150-9252,9370-9373, 9540-9582) 443 0.1% 342 0.1% 66 0.1% 31 0.1% - - 55 0.1%
Hemangiosarcomas (9120-9126,9170) 250 0.1% 213 0.1% 25 0.1% - - - - 24 0.1%
Other sarcomasd 193 0.0% 129 0.0% 41 0.1% 19 0.1% - - 31 0.1%
Other specific types (8720-8790,8930-8936, 8950-9030,9060-9110, 9260-9365,9380-9539) 942 0.2% 647 0.2% 128 0.3% 136 0.4% - - 194 0.4%
Phyllodes tumor, malignant (9020) 810 0.2% 551 0.2% 102 0.2% 127 0.4% - - 177 0.4%
Othere 132 0.0% 96 0.0% 26 0.1% - - - - 17 0.0%
Unspecified (8000-8005) 986 0.2% 713 0.2% 151 0.3% 60 0.2% - - 132 0.3%
Totalf 433,276 100.0% 343,539 100.0% 49,774 100.0% 33,546 100.0% 1,562 100.0% 47,149 100.0%

Footnotes:

Source: SEER 21 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, Georgia excluding ATL/RG, Idaho, New York and Massachusetts). 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 Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area (PRCDA) 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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