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Table 3 Missing data and exact agreement for variables included in the validation of the notification section of the Swedish National Register for Breast Cancer

From: Validation of data quality in the Swedish National Register for Breast Cancer

Variable in the Swedish National Register for Breast Cancer

Missing values in the NBCR (%)

Missing values in the medical records (%)

Missing values in both sources (%)

Exact agreement (%)

Diagnostics

Menstrual status

62/799 (7.8)

90/799 (11.3)

28/799 (3.5)

82.6

Laterality

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

98.5

Initial contact (referral/mammography/self-admission)

14/799 (1.8)

7/799 (0.9%)

0/799 (0)

88.1

Malignant diagnosis confirmed at first visit

3/799 (0.4)

29/799 (3.6)

0/799 (0)

83.5

Screening detected

5 /799 (0.6)

3/799 (0.4)

0/799 (0)

94.9

Malignant diagnosis confirmed preoperatively

4/799 (0.5)

43/799 (5.4)

2/799 (0.3)

91.2

Base for diagnosis

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

77.9

Preoperative multidisciplinary conference

2/799 (0.3)

2/799 (0.3)

0/799 (0)

95.2

Stage

T classification

1/799 (0.01)

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

70.1

N classification

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

93.0

M classification

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

98.6

Planned care

Primary surgery planned

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

0/799 (0)

98.3

Reason for no primary surgery

1/96 (1.0)

5/96 (5.2)

1/96 (1.0)

53.1

Primary systemic treatment

5/799 (0.6)

2/799 (0.3)

0/799 (0)

95.6

Primary radiotherapy

0/69 (0)

0/69 (0)

0/69 (0)

100

Primary endocrine therapy

0/69 (0)

0/69 (0)

0/69 (0)

95.7

Primary chemotherapy

0/69 (0)

0/69 (0)

0/69 (0)

97.1

Other primary systemic or targeted treatment

0/69 (0)

0/69 (0)

0/69 (0)

87.0

Surgery

Final result breast surgery

0/739 (0)

1/739 (0.1)

0/739 (0)

95.9

Immediate breast reconstruction

1/739 (0.1)

1/739 (0.1)

0/739 (0)

98.5

Contralateral surgery for symmetry

3/739 (0.4)

1/739 (0.1)

0/739 (0)

98.6

Contralateral prophylactic surgery

6/739 (0.9)

1/739 (0.1)

0/739 (0)

96.2

Sentinel node biopsy (SNB)

0/739 (0)

2/739 (0.3)

1/739 (0.1)

95.4

Axillary surgery

0/739 (0)

1/739 (0.1)

1/739 (0.1)

90.9

Final result axillary surgery

0/701 (0)

7/739 (0.9)

2/739 (0.3)

89.8

Reoperative breast surgery

1/739 (0.1)

1/739 (0.1)

0/739 (0)

98.51

Residual disease detected after reoperation

2/63 (3.2)

5/63 (7.9)

1/63 (1.6)

82.5

Reoperative axillary surgery

1/739 (0.1)

5/739 (0.7)

0/739 (0)

96.9

Reason for reoperative axillary surgery

0/33 (0)

9/33 (27)

0/33 (0)

57.6

Reoperative surgery due to complications

2/739 (0.3)

2/739 (0.3)

0/739 (0)

96.6

Histopathology

Basis for histopathological diagnosis

3/799 (0.4)

8/799 (1.0)

1/799 (0.1)

97.7

Invasiveness

6/799 (0.8)

21/799 (2.6)

4/799 (0.5)

86.0

Type of invasive carcinoma

2/688 (0.3)

10/688 (1.5)

1/688 (0.1)

89.7

Type of in situ carcinoma

2/465 (0.4)

23/465 (4.9)

2/465 (0.4)

87.5

Number of invasive tumors

7/644 (1.1)

5/644 (0.8)

0/644 (0)

93.6

Multifocality

9/111 (8.1)

5/111 (4.5)

2/111 (1.8)

76.6

Number of sentinel nodes

1/604 (0.2)

2/604 (0.3)

0/604 (0)

91.0

Metastasis in SN

0/604 (0)

12/604 (2.0)

0/604 (0)

93.9

Number of SN with macrometastases

2/119 (1.7)

23/119 (19)

1/119 (0.8)

85.3

Number of SN with micrometastases

4/119 (3.4)

41/119 (34)

2/119 (1.7)

82.9

Number of SN with submicrometastases

2/119 (1.7)

53/119 (44.5)

1/119 (0.8)

89.2

Nottingham Histological Grade or Nuclear Grade

40/786 (5.1)

50/786 (6.4)

24/786 (3.1)

88.9

ER status

41/786 (5.2)

40/786 (5.1)

10/786 (1.3)

90.5

PR status

45/786 (5.7)

48/786 (6.1)

10/786 (1.3)

85.2

KI67 status

85/786 (10.8)

73/786 (9.3)

85/786 (1.8)

73.5

HER2 status

60/799 (7.5)

84/799 (10.5)

32/799 (4.0)

73.3

Presence of vascular invasion

161/786 (20.5)

175/786 (22.3)

99/786 (12.6)

79.8

Postoperative treatment

Postoperative multidisciplinary conference

3/739 (0.4)

9/739 (1.2)

1/739 (0.1)

94.2

Planned postoperative adjuvant treatment

1/739 (0.1)

9/739 (1.2)

1/739 (0.1)

96.6

Postoperative radiotherapy

1/673 (0.1)

12/673 (1.8)

1/673 (0.1)

95.5

Radiotherapy to breast or chest wall

0/519 (0)

0/519 (0)

0/519 (0)

76.9

Locoregional radiotherapy

0/519 (0)

0/519 (0)

0/519 (0)

87.1

Endocrine treatment

2/673 (0.3)

14/673 (2.1)

1/673 (0.1)

93.8

Antiestrogen

0/532 (0)

0/532 (0)

0/532 (0)

81.6

Aromatase inhibitor

0/532 (0)

0/532 (0)

0/532 (0)

86.8

Postoperative chemotherapy

2/673 (0.3)

12/673 (1.8)

1/673 (0.1)

94.8

Anthracycline based

0/232 (0)

0/232 (0)

0/232 (0)

62.5

CMF

0/232 (0)

0/232 (0)

0/232 (0)

94.8

Taxanes

0/232 (0)

0/232 (0)

0/232 (0)

77.6

Other chemotherapy

0/232 (0)

0/232 (0)

0/232 (0)

87.9

Targeted therapy

4/673 (0.6)

14/673 (0.2)

1/673 (0.1)

95.5

Trastuzumab

0/59 (0)

0/59 (0)

0/59 (0)

71.2

Castration (medical)

6/670 (0.9)

20/673 (3.0)

9/673 (0.3)

96.3