Table 4 One-year and five-year survival among breast cancer patients with available stage information (n=7702) in Denmark for three diagnostic periods

From: Comorbidity and survival of Danish breast cancer patients from 1995 to 2005

 

Charlson score

 

0

1–2

3+

Breast cancer 1995–1997

2225

281

29

 Stage

Local

1077 (48%)

125 (44%)

14 (48%)

Regional

962 (39%)

88 (31%)

6 (21%)

Distant

154 (7%)

23 (8%)

4 (14%)

Unstaged

132 (6%)

45 (16%)

5 (17%)

1-year

   

 % Survival

94% (93–95%)

81% (76–86%)

72% (52–85%)

 Crude MR

1 (reference)

3.45 (2.50–4.75)

5.45 (2.67–11.14)

 MR adjusted for age and stage

1 (reference)

2.67 (1.94–3.72)

3.33 (1.62–6.87)

5-year

   

 % Survival

73% (71–75%)

48% (42–53%)

45% (27–62%)

 Crude MR

1 (reference)

2.44 (2.04–2.93)

2.92 (1.78–4.79)

 MR adjusted for age and stage

1 (reference)

1.92 (1.59–2.32)

2.58 (1.56–4.25)

Breast cancer 1998–2000

2399

301

42

 Stage

Local

1149 (48%)

130 (43%)

25 (60%)

Regional

998 (42%)

105 (34%)

9 (21%)

Distant

138 (6%)

27 (9%)

1 (2%)

Unstaged

114 (5%)

43 (14%)

7 (17%)

1-year

   

 % Survival

94% (93–95%)

83% (78–86%)

81% (66–90%)

 Crude MR

1 (reference)

3.22 (2.35–4.42)

3.61 (1.77–7.36)

 MR adjusted for age and stage

1 (reference)

2.14 (1.54–2.96)

4.40 (2.11–9.14)

5-year

   

 % Survival

75% (74–77%)

54% (48–60%)

40% (25–54%)

 Crude MR

1 (reference)

2.27 (1.88–2.73)

3.44 (2.30–5.13)

 MR adjusted for age and stage

1 (reference)

1.63 (1.35–1.98)

3.78 (2.51–5.69)

Breast cancer 2001–2004

2566

357

52

 Stage

Local

1133 (44%)

148 (41%)

19 (37%)

Regional

1170 (46%)

133 (37%)

24 (46%)

Distant

114 (4%)

23 (6%)

3 (6%)

Unstaged

149 (6%)

53 (15%)

6 (12%)

1-year

   

 % Survival

95% (94–96%)

87% (83–90%)

71% (57–81%)

 Crude MR

1 (reference)

2.80 (2.01–3.89)

6.43 (3.77–10.97)

 MR adjusted for age and stage

1 (reference)

1.91 (1.36–2.69)

4.45 (2.58–7.66)

  1. MR=mortality ratio.
  2. Figures in parentheses indicate 95% confidence intervals.