Table 2 Associations between histopathological characteristics and mammographic patterns in a subcohort of 198 patients with DCIS

From: Mammography casting-type calcification and risk of local recurrence in DCIS: analyses from a randomised study

 

No calcifications N (%)

Architectural distortion/galactography N (%)

Powdery N (%)

Crushed stone-like N (%)

Casting type N (%)

Sum N(%)

All DCIS in subcohort

22

(11.1)

14

(7.1)

20

(10.1)

106

(53.5)

36

(18.2)

198

(100.0)

Necrosis

9

(6.1)

5

(3.4)

14

(9.5)

86

(58.5)

33

(22.4)

147

(100.0)

No necrosis

13

(25.5)

9

(17.6)

6

(11.8)

20

(39.2)

3

(5.9)

51

(100.0)

NG=1

4

(25.0)

2

(12.5)

2

(12.5)

8

(50.0)

0

(0.0)

16

(100.0)

NG=2

16

(19.3)

7

(8.4)

14

(16.9)

43

(51.8)

3

(3.6)

83

(100.0)

NG=3

2

(2.0)

5

(5.1)

4

(4.0)

55

(55.6)

33

(33.3)

99

(100.0)

Age <50

4

(10.8)

2

(5.4)

7

(18.9)

20

(54.1)

4

(10.8)

37

(100.0)

Age 50–57

4

(6.0)

1

(1.5)

9

(13.4)

41

(61.2)

12

(17.9)

67

(100.0)

Age 58–64

3

(7.1)

3

(7.1)

1

(2.4)

24

(57.1)

11

(26.2)

42

(100.0)

Age 65+

11

(21.2)

8

(15.4)

3

(5.8)

21

(40.4)

9

(17.3)

52

(100.0)

Tumour size <15 mm

15

(15.0)

7

(7.0)

9

(9.0)

57

(57.0)

12

(12.0)

100

(100.0)

Tumour size 15⩾mm

7

(8.4)

5

(6.0)

7

(8.4)

42

(50.6)

22

(26.5)

83

(100.0)

Missing tumour size

0

(0.0)

2

(13.3)

4

(26.7)

7

(46.7)

2

(13.3)

15

(100.0)

Surgical margins clear

17

(10.4)

12

(7.3)

18

(11.0)

93

(56.7)

24

(14.6)

164

(100.0)

Surgical margins positive

3

(15.8)

0

(0.0)

2

(10.5)

9

(47.4)

5

(26.3)

19

(100.0)

Unknown/missing

2

(13.3)

2

(13.3)

0

(0.0)

4

(26.7)

7

(46.7)

15

(100.0)

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