Table 1 List of parameter and derived parameter estimates from (a) 13-state model and (b) 11-state model

From: Quantifying the natural history of breast cancer

 

(a) 13-state model

(b) 11-state model

Parameters

Estimates

95% CI

Estimates

95% CI

Probability (%) of getting aggressive breast cancer

91

85–97

Incidence rate (per 10 000 woman-years)

Breast cancer

21

17–25

21

17–25

Indolent breast cancer

2

1–3

Aggressive breast cancer

19

16–23

Initial probability (%)

No cancer

99.23

99.13–99.32

99.24

99.14–99.33

Indolent DCIS

0.06

0.03–0.09

0.10

0.05–0.15

Aggressive DCIS

0.13

0.01–0.32

0.10

0.05–0.15

10 mm

0.21

0.02–0.35

0.29

0.22–0.37

11–20 mm

0.26

0.20–0.33

0.25

0.20–0.32

21–50 mm

0.10

0.07–0.14

0.10

0.10–0.14

51 mm

0.02

0.00–0.03

0.02

0.00–0.03

Average sojourn time, in years, for different tumour sizes

Aggressive DCIS

0.0

0.0–0.1

0.2

0.1–0.4

10 mm

0.8

0.6–1.1

0.8

0.6–1.1

11–20 mm

2.4

1.6–3.5

2.4

1.6–3.4

21–50 mm

6.4

2.5–15.6

6.4

2.6–15.5

51 mm

0.4

0.1–0.9

0.5

0.1–0.9

Probability (%) of detecting breast cancer before progression in tumour size

Aggressive DCIS → 10 mm

0

0–1

3

1–4

10 mm → 11–20 mm

12

8–15

11

8–15

11–20 mm → 21–50 mm

51

43–60

51

43–59

21–50 mm → 51 mm

87

79–95

87

78–95

Probability (%) of attending screenings

First screening

89

88–89

89

88–89

Both screenings

87

86–87

87

86–87

Second screening but not first screening

17

16–19

17

16–19

Sensitivity (%) of mammography for different tumour sizes

DCIS

88

83–92

88

83–92

10 mm

90

86–93

90

87–93

11–20 mm

91

88–94

91

88–94

21–50 mm

92

89–95

92

89–95

51 mm

93

90–96

93

90–96

Absorption probability of different tumour sizes

DCIS (indolent or aggressive)

9

4–15

3

1–4

10 mm

10

8–14

11

8–14

11–20 mm

41

35–48

44

37–51

21–50 mm

34

28–41

37

30–44

51 mm

5

2–9

6

2–10

Steady-state proportion of women with undiagnosed cancer

No cancer

99.4

99.1–99.6

99.5

99.4–99.6

Indolent DCIS

0.2

0.1–0.4

0.0

0.0–0.1

Aggressive DCIS

0.0

0.0–0.0

0.0

0.0–0.1

10 mm

0.1

0.1–0.2

0.1

0.1–0.2

11–20 mm

0.2

0.1–0.3

0.2

0.1–0.3

21–50 mm

0.1

0.0–0.1

0.1

0.0–0.1

51 mm

0.0

0.0–0.0

0.0

0.0–0.0

Steady-state proportion of women with undiagnosed cancer (conditional on some cancer)

Indolent DCIS

30

12–53

10

6–16

Aggressive DCIS

2

0–4

10

6–16

10 mm

24

15–33

30

22–39

11–20 mm

33

21–47

44

34–56

21–50 mm

10

5–18

14

7–23

51 mm

1

0–2

1

0–3

  1. Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; DCIS=ductal carcinomas in situ.