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Table 4.25

Cancer of the Female Breast (Invasive)

Percent Distribution and Counts by Histology among Histologically Confirmed Cases, 2013-2017
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 439,817 99.5% 347,207 99.5% 50,670 99.3% 35,197 99.4% 1,595 99.3% 49,122 99.2%
Epidermoid carcinomad (8051-8131) 199 0.0% 161 0.0% 24 0.0% - - - - 22 0.0%
Adenocarcinomae 432,117 97.7% 341,551 97.9% 49,283 96.6% 34,677 97.9% 1,565 97.4% 48,132 97.2%
Adenocarcinoma, NOS (8140) 2,718 0.6% 2,115 0.6% 362 0.7% 178 0.5% 17 1.1% 300 0.6%
Infiltrating duct carcinoma (8500) 319,963 72.4% 249,944 71.6% 37,775 74.0% 27,256 76.9% 1,231 76.7% 36,663 74.0%
Lobular carcinoma, NOS (8520) 43,930 9.9% 37,210 10.7% 3,917 7.7% 2,246 6.3% 112 7.0% 3,952 8.0%
Inflammatory adenocarcinoma (8530) 865 0.2% 661 0.2% 140 0.3% 52 0.1% - - 159 0.3%
Infiltrating duct mixed and infiltrating lobular mixed (8522-8524) 43,090 9.7% 35,105 10.1% 4,318 8.5% 3,030 8.6% 131 8.2% 4,782 9.7%
Mucinous adenocarcinoma (8480,8482) 8,215 1.9% 6,146 1.8% 1,092 2.1% 871 2.5% 20 1.2% 887 1.8%
Mucin-producing adenocarcinoma (8481) 65 0.0% 49 0.0% - - - - - - - -
Tubular adenocarcinoma (8211) 2,187 0.5% 1,941 0.6% 144 0.3% 69 0.2% - - 161 0.3%
Papillary adenocarcinoma (8050,8260,8503,8504) 3,326 0.8% 2,392 0.7% 522 1.0% 330 0.9% 18 1.1% 393 0.8%
Paget disease (8540-8543) 1,328 0.3% 1,065 0.3% 146 0.3% 90 0.3% - - 116 0.2%
Other adenocarcinomasf 6,430 1.5% 4,923 1.4% 858 1.7% 549 1.5% 20 1.2% 709 1.4%
Other specific carcinomasg 3,354 0.8% 2,469 0.7% 625 1.2% 223 0.6% - - 444 0.9%
Medullary adenocarcinoma (8510-8513) 689 0.2% 453 0.1% 178 0.3% 49 0.1% - - 150 0.3%
Otherh 2,665 0.6% 2,016 0.6% 447 0.9% 174 0.5% - - 294 0.6%
Unspecified, Carcinoma, NOS (8010-8011,8020-8022) 4,147 0.9% 3,026 0.9% 738 1.4% 284 0.8% 21 1.3% 524 1.1%
Sarcoma and other soft tissue tumors (8680-8713,8800-8921, 9040-9044,9120-9136, 9150-9252,9370-9373, 9540-9582) 445 0.1% 343 0.1% 63 0.1% 32 0.1% - - 55 0.1%
Hemangiosarcomas (9120-9126,9170) 252 0.1% 213 0.1% 24 0.0% - - - - 24 0.0%
Other sarcomasd 193 0.0% 130 0.0% 39 0.1% 19 0.1% - - 31 0.1%
Other specific types (8720-8790,8930-8936, 8950-9030,9060-9110, 9260-9365,9380-9539) 911 0.2% 636 0.2% 115 0.2% 129 0.4% - - 198 0.4%
Phyllodes tumor, malignant (9020) 784 0.2% 541 0.2% 91 0.2% 123 0.3% - - 175 0.4%
Othere 127 0.0% 95 0.0% 24 0.0% - - - - 23 0.0%
Unspecified (8000-8005) 1,005 0.2% 702 0.2% 172 0.3% 63 0.2% - - 153 0.3%
Totalf 442,178 100.0% 348,888 100.0% 51,020 100.0% 35,421 100.0% 1,606 100.0% 49,528 100.0%

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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