Table 1

Number of morphology-specific breast cancers in the Swedish Family Cancer Database during the period 1993–1998


1st invasive
2nd invasive
In situ




Morphology
n
%
n
%
n
%

Ductal
14,187
66.2
1679
60.9
1834
69.9
Lobular
2936
13.7
531
19.2
324
12.4
Tubuloductal/tubular
1915
8.9
232
8.4
2
0.1
Comedo
1190
5.6
133
4.8
397
15.1
Mucinous
608
2.8
87
3.2
0
0.0
Medullary
340
1.6
29
1.1
0
0.0
Papillary
117
0.5
24
0.9
55
2.1
Morbus Paget
100
0.5
43
1.6
11
0.4
Cystosarcoma phyllodes
47
0.2
1
0.0
0
0.0
Other
4290

635

367

All
25,730

3394

2990


Percentages are for all cancers apart from those in the 'Other' category (undefined morphological types). Thus, for first primary the percentages provided are from a total of 21,440 cancers, for second primary they are from a total of 2759 cancers, and they are from a total of 2623 for in situ cancers.

Hemminki and Granström Breast Cancer Res 2002 4:R7   doi:10.1186/bcr444

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