Table 3 Average working time until age 65 years and average loss in working years in women aged 55 years at diagnosis with stage I breast cancer by type of treatment

From: Loss in working years after a breast cancer diagnosis

 

With SNB only

With ALND

 

Percentage with treatment

Average working time until age 65 years (years)

Loss in working years a (95% CI)

Percentage with treatment

Average working time until age 65 years (years)

Loss in working years a (95% CI)

No BCa

 

8.5

Ref.

 

8.5

Ref.

Breast-conserving surgery

      

 +RT

4

8.4

0.1 (−0.2 to 0.4)

13

8.3

0.2 (0.0 to 0.5)

 +RT, ET

22

8.4

0.1 (−0.1 to 0.3)

21

8.3

0.2 (0.0 to 0.4)

 +RT, CHEMO, ET

4

8.5

0.0 (−0.4 to 0.4)

3

8.4

0.1 (−0.3 to 0.5)

 +RT, CHEMO

3

8.0

0.5 (0.1 to 1.0)

4

7.8

0.7 (0.3 to 1.1)

Mastectomy

      

 +ET

3

8.5

0.0 (−0.6 to 0.5)

6

8.0

0.5 (0.2 to 0.8)

 +CHEMO, ET

1

8.7

−0.2 (−0.7 to 0.4)

1

8.2

0.3 (−0.1 to 0.8)

 +CHEMO

1

8.1

0.4 (−0.3 to 1.1)

1

7.5

1.0 (0.5 to 1.4)

  1. Abbreviations: ALND=axillary lymph node dissection; BCa=breast cancer; CHEMO=chemotherapy; CI=confidence interval; ET=endocrine therapy; RT=radiotherapy; SNB=sentinel node biopsy.
  2. aMeasured as the difference in average working time until age 65 years between women with breast cancer and without breast cancer.