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Table 1 Clinicopathological features of 842 breast cancer patients followed by thyroid cancer and 332,424 breast cancer only patients

From: Clinicopathological features, survival and risk in breast cancer survivors with thyroid cancer: an analysis of the SEER database

 

Breast cancer then develop thyroid cacer, n = 842

Breast cancer only, n = 332,424

p-value

n

%

n

%

Age at diagnosis

    

< 0.001

 Median age (years)

54 [47, 63]

 

59 [49, 71]

  

 ≤ 40

95

11.28%

25,787

7.76%

 

 41–50

220

26.13%

69,214

20.82%

 

 51–60

257

30.52%

80,754

24.29%

 

 61–70

172

20.43%

70,475

21.20%

 

 > 70

98

11.64%

86,194

25.93%

 

Race

    

0.106

 White

660

78.39%

267,366

80.43%

 

 Black

77

9.14%

30,469

9.17%

 

 American Indian

6

0.71%

2267

0.68%

 

 Asian or Pacific Islander

97

11.52%

30,311

9.12%

 

 Unknown

2

0.24%

2011

0.60%

 

Tumor site

    

0.912

 Central portion

55

6.53%

18,578

5.59%

 

 Nipple

3

0.37%

1889

0.66%

 

 Upper-inner

90

10.69%

34,580

10.40%

 

 Lower-inner

44

5.22%

17,684

5.32%

 

 Upper-outer

301

35.75%

116,708

35.11%

 

 Lower-outer

56

6.65%

22,500

6.77%

 

 Overlapping lesion

167

19.83%

68,460

20.59%

 

 Unknown

126

14.96%

52,033

15.65%

 

Tumor size

    

< 0.001

 T ≤ 20 mm

509

60.45%

186,656

56.15%

 

 21 mm < T ≤ 50 mm

235

27.91%

88,752

26.70%

 

 T > 50 mm

39

4.63%

14,467

4.35%

 

 Unknown

59

7.01%

42,553

12.80%

 

Positive lymph nodes

    

0.358

 0

526

62.47%

198,449

59.70%

 

 1–3

174

20.66%

71,560

21.53%

 

 4–9

55

6.53%

22,700

6.83%

 

 ≥ 10

27

3.21%

14,593

4.38%

 

 Unknown

60

7.13%

25,127

7.56%

 

Histology

    

0.650

 Infiltrating duct carcinoma

689

81.83%

267,864

80.57%

 

 Lobular carcinoma

71

8.43%

29,570

8.90%

 

 Mixed

82

9.74%

34,993

10.53%

 

Grade

    

0.351

 1

136

16.15%

56,672

17.05%

 

 2

350

41.57%

130,229

39.18%

 

 3

283

33.61%

111,645

33.58%

 

 4

13

1.54%

4636

1.39%

 

 Unknown

60

7.13%

29,247

8.80%

 

ER

    

0.908

 Positive

601

71.38%

234,140

70.43%

 

 Negative

155

18.41%

62,340

18.76%

 

 Borderline

2

0.24%

1062

0.32%

 

 Unknown

84

6.41%

34,882

10.49%

 

PR

    

0.090

 Positive

532

63.18%

197,737

59.48%

 

 Negative

202

24.00%

92,509

27.83%

 

 Borderline

6

0.71%

2069

0.62%

 

 Unknown

102

12.11%

40,113

12.07%

 

HER-2

    

0.061

 Positive

13

1.55%

5966

1.80%

 

 Negative

45

5.34%

32,120

9.66%

 

 Unknown

784

93.11%

294,341

88.54%

 
  1. ER Estrogen receptor, PR Progesterone receptor, HER-2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2