Table 5 Relative excess risks (RERs) of death by morphology, age, disease stage and hormone receptor status (cases from the 10 registries with hormone receptor information available in 60% operated cases)

From: Prognostic value of morphology and hormone receptor status in breast cancer – a population-based study

  

No of cases

RER

95% CI

Morphology

Infiltrating ductal carcinoma

1659

1

 
 

Lobular and mixed carcinoma

297

0.58

0.37–0.91

 

Comedocarcinoma

66

0.34

0.12–0.98

 

Special types

111

0.35

0.12–0.99

 

Medullary carcinoma

34

1.19

0.49–2.85

 

NOS carcinoma

130

1.08

0.68–1.71

 

Other carcinoma

49

1.38

0.72–2.63

Age

23–39

144

0.96

0.60–1.53

 

40–49

426

0.71

0.49–1.02

 

50–59

486

1

 
 

60–99

1290

0.86

0.64–1.14

Stage

T1N0M0

819

1

 
 

T2-3N0M0

443

3.82

1.94–7.51

 

T1-3N+M0

789

9.26

5.05–16.97

 

T4 M0

115

17.78

9.07–34.83

 

M1

72

56.39

29.42–108.09

 

Stage not specified

108

6.04

2.42–15.11

Hormone receptors

ER− PGR−a

393

1

 
 

ER+PGR+b

980

0.32

0.24–0.43

 

Either ER+ or PGR+c

353

0.41

0.28–0.62

 

Otherd

620

0.49

0.35–0.67

  1. aER− PGR−=both negative results.
  2. bER+ PGR+=both positive results.
  3. cEither ER+ or PGR+=tests performed with one positive result; in most cases, it is not known whether the other test was performed.
  4. dOther=tests not performed or unknown result.