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Table 4.13

Cancer of the Female Breast (Invasive)

5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) by Year of Diagnosis

Year of
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+
1960-1963a - - - 63 - - 46 - -
1970-1973a - - - 68 - - 51 - -
1975-1977b 74.8 76.5 74.3 75.6 77.8 74.9 62.2 62.4 62.0
1978-1980b 74.4 75.5 74.1 75.1 76.1 74.9 63.4 67.0 61.5
1981-1983b 76.1 77.4 75.7 77.1 78.5 76.7 63.4 65.1 62.6
1984-1986b 79.0 77.8 79.3 80.0 79.5 80.2 65.1 64.0 65.9
1987-1989b 84.0 81.4 85.0 85.1 82.7 85.9 71.1 69.6 71.9
1990-1992b 85.2 83.4 85.9 86.5 85.1 87.0 71.5 70.1 72.4
1993-1995b 86.4 84.3 87.1 87.6 86.2 88.1 72.8 70.5 74.2
1996-1998b 88.2 86.6 88.8 89.4 88.3 89.7 76.2 74.0 77.6
1999-2001b 89.7 88.1 90.3 90.8 89.9 91.1 79.0 77.0 80.2
2002-2004b 90.0 89.3 90.2 91.4 91.1 91.5 77.9 77.6 78.2
2005-2008b 90.8 91.2 90.7 92.1 92.6 92.0 80.3 81.6 79.6
2009-2015b 91.3f 91.1f 91.4f 92.4f 92.4f 92.4f 83.4f 83.3f 83.5f

5-Year Period Survival (Percent)cd

Year All Races Whites Blacks
All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+
2015 90.0 89.6 90.2 91.0 90.7 91.1 81.8 81.0 82.2

Stage Distribution (%) 2009-2015ce, Case Counts and Percentages

Stage at
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+
Number of cases 350,242 79,150 271,092 275,036 57,813 217,223 39,698 10,672 29,026
Percent 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Localized 62 55 65 64 55 66 54 47 57
Regional 30 39 28 29 39 27 35 43 33
Distant 6 5 6 6 5 6 9 8 9
Unstaged/Unknown 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2

5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) 2009-2015c by Age at Diagnosis

Age at
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+
Ages <45 88.1 - - 89.3 - - 79.0 - -
Ages 45-54 90.8 - - 91.9 - - 82.3 - -
Ages 55-64 90.5 - - 91.4 - - 82.8 - -
Ages 65-74 91.9 - - 92.5 - - 84.8 - -
Ages 75+ 86.3 - - 87.3 - - 74.8 - -
Ages <65 90.1 - - 91.2 - - 81.7 - -
Ages 65+ 89.6 - - 90.3 - - 80.9 - -

5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) 2009-2015c by Stage at Diagnosise

Stage at
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+ All Ages Ages <50 Ages 50+
All Stages 89.9 89.6 90.0 90.8 90.8 90.9 81.5 80.8 81.7
Localized 98.8 97.0 99.3 99.2 97.4 99.7 95.5 94.0 96.0
Regional 85.5 86.9 84.9 86.6 88.3 86.0 77.1 77.9 76.7
Distant 27.4 37.1 24.8 28.6 40.6 25.8 19.7 25.9 17.4
Unstaged/Unknown 54.5 75.1 49.7 52.1 76.2 47.6 49.3 65.5 43.1
In Situ j 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.8 100.0

Footnotes:

a Based on End Results data from a series of hospital registries and one population-based registry.

b SEER 9 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta). Based on follow-up of patients into 2016. Expected survival rates are derived from the U.S. Annual Life Tables.

c 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). Expected survival rates are derived from life tables by socio-economic status, geography and race developed by the SEER program. Based on follow-up of patients into 2016.

d Period survival provides a 2015 estimate of survival by piecing together the most recent conditional survival estimates from several cohorts. It is computed here using three year calendar blocks (2010-2012: 0-1 year survival), (2009-2011: 1-2 year survival), (2008-2010: 2-3 year survival), (2007-2009: 3-4 year survival), (2006-2008: 4-5 years survival).

e Stage at diagnosis is classified using SEER Summary Stage 2000. Stage distribution percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

f The difference between 1975-1977 and 2009-2015 is statistically significant (p<.05).

g The standard error is between 5 and 10 percentage points.

h The standard error is greater than 10 percentage points.

j In situ cases are not included in the All Stages group.

- Statistic could not be calculated due to fewer than 25 cases during the time period.

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