{"slug": "prognostic-factors-of-female-breast-cancer-in-malta", "title": "Prognostic Factors of female breast cancer in Malta", "pdfUrl": "https://dhir.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/prognostic_factors_of_female_breast_cancer_in_malta.pdf", "sourcePage": "https://dhir.gov.mt/en/registries/cancers/", "group": "Registry", "topic": "Cancers", "tables": [{"caption": "Table 1: Cases of female breast cancer registered for 1998-2002", "header": ["Age groups", "Total", "%"], "rows": [["0-4", "0", "0.0"], ["5-9", "0", "0.0"], ["10-14", "0", "0.0"], ["15-19", "1", "0.1"], ["20-24", "1", "0.1"], ["25-29", "2", "0.2"], ["30-34", "15", "1.5"], ["35-39", "28", "2.7"], ["40-44", "74", "7.2"], ["45-49", "102", "10.0"], ["50-54", "153", "15.0"], ["55-59", "119", "11.7"], ["60-64", "106", "10.4"], ["65-69", "117", "11.5"], ["70-74", "108", "10.6"], ["75-79", "91", "8.9"], ["80-84", "65", "6.4"], ["85+", "42", "4.1"], ["Total", "1024", "100.3"]]}, {"caption": "Table 2: TUMOUR SIZE T (mm)", "header": ["T group", "No.", "%", "%"], "rows": [["1 T<20 mm", "258", "25.2", "36.5"], ["2 T>=20, <50 mm", "396", "38.7", "27.3"], ["3 T>=50 mm", "64", "6.3", "2.8"], ["4 T any size with extension", "56", "5.5", "1.6"], ["to chest wall/skin", "", "", ""], ["is ca-in-situ", "3", "0.3", "0.2"], ["x Unknown", "247", "24.1", "31.6"], ["Total", "1024", "100.0", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: B. By T group and age groups", "header": ["Age groups", "T1", "", "T2", "", "T3", "", "T4", "", "Tx", ""], "rows": [["Age groups", "Female", "%", "Female", "%", "Female", "%", "Female", "%", "Female", "%"], ["0-19", "0", "0.0", "0", "0.0", "0", "0.0", "0", "0.0", "1", "0.4"], ["20-29", "2", "0.8", "1", "0.3", "0", "0.0", "0", "0.0", "0", "0.0"], ["30-39", "9", "3.5", "14", "3.5", "3", "4.7", "3", "5.4", "14", "5.7"], ["40-49", "53", "20.5", "78", "19.7", "12", "18.8", "5", "8.9", "28", "11.3"], ["50-59", "76", "29.5", "102", "25.8", "20", "31.3", "10", "17.9", "62", "25.1"], ["60-69", "58", "22.5", "98", "24.7", "15", "23.4", "9", "16.1", "43", "17.4"], ["70-79", "46", "17.8", "74", "18.7", "11", "17.2", "18", "32.1", "49", "19.8"], ["80-89", "14", "5.4", "27", "6.8", "3", "4.7", "10", "17.9", "42", "17.0"], ["90+", "0", "0.0", "2", "0.5", "0", "0.0", "1", "1.8", "8", "3.2"], ["Total", "258", "100.0", "396", "100.0", "64", "100.0", "56", "100.0", "247", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: B. By T group and age groups (cont. 2)", "header": ["Tumour size (cont.)", "", ""], "rows": [["C. Cases staged at T1 by sub-groups", "", ""]]}, {"caption": "Table 3: B. By T group and age groups (cont. 3)", "header": ["T1 sub-groups T1a <5mm", "No. 5", "% 1.9"], "rows": [["T1b >=5, <10mm", "54", "20.9"], ["T1c >=10, <20mm", "197", "76.4"], ["T1x Unknown", "2", "0.8"], ["Total", "258", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 6: D. Cases staged at T4 by sub-groups", "header": ["T4 sub-groups T4a extension to chest wall", "No. 4", "% 7.1"], "rows": [["T4b peau d'orange, extension to skin or satellite skin nodules in same", "30", "53.6"], ["breast", "", ""], ["T4c both 4a and 4b", "1", "1.8"], ["T4d inflammatory", "1", "1.8"], ["carcinoma", "", ""], ["T1x Unknown", "20", "35.7"], ["Total", "56", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7: N group", "header": ["N group", "No.", "%", "%"], "rows": [["0 no metastasis", "323", "31.5", "35.1"], ["1 metastasis to movable ipsilateral axillary LNs", "291", "28.4", "23.8"], ["2 metastasis to ipsilateral axillary LNs fixed to one another or to other structures", "39", "3.8", "3.6"], ["3 metastasis to ipsilateral internal mammary LNs", "1", "0.1", "1.0"], ["x Unknown", "370", "36.1", "36.5"], ["Total", "1024", "100.0", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 7: N group (cont. 2)", "header": ["N1 sub-groups N1a only micrometastasis", "No. 0", "% 0.0"], "rows": [["<0.2cm", "", ""], ["N1b metastasis >=0.2cm", "3", "1.0"], ["N1bi 1-3 Lns with metastasis, <2cm", "127", "43.6"], ["N1bii metastasis to >=4 LNs, <2cm", "72", "24.7"], ["N1biii extension of tumour beyond LN capsule, <2cm", "60", "20.6"], ["N1biv metastasis >=2cm", "29", "10.0"], ["Total", "291", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 9: Number of lymph nodes extracted for histological examination (maximum no. was 34)", "header": ["1-9", "No. 299"], "rows": [["10-19", "231"], ["20-29", "10"], ["30-39", "3"], ["LN extracted but no. not specified", "38"]]}, {"caption": "Table 10: All cases by M stage", "header": ["M group 0 no distant metastasis", "No. 0", "% 0.0"], "rows": [["1 distant metastasis", "12", "1.2"], ["X distant cannot be", "1012", "98.8"], ["assessed Total", "1024", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 11: All cases by side of tumour", "header": ["Side 1 right", "No. 407", "% 39.7"], "rows": [["2 left", "432", "42.2"], ["3 bilateral", "10", "1.0"], ["9 unknown", "175", "17.1"], ["Total", "1024", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 12: HORMONE RECEPTOR STATUS A. By oestrogen receptor status", "header": ["Oestrogen receptors", "No.", "%"], "rows": [["n negative", "114", "11.1"], ["y positive", "422", "41.2"], ["x unknown", "488", "47.7"], ["Total", "1024", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 13: B. By progetsteron receptor status", "header": ["Progesteron receptors", "No.", "%"], "rows": [["n negative", "159", "15.5"], ["y positive", "363", "35.4"], ["x unknown", "502", "49.0"], ["Total", "1024", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 14: All cases by breast subsite", "header": ["Breast sub-site", "No.", "%"], "rows": [["0 nipple", "6", "0.6"], ["1 central", "42", "4.1"], ["2 upper-inner quadrant", "32", "3.1"], ["3 lower-inner quadrant", "21", "2.1"], ["4 upper-outer quadrant", "178", "17.4"], ["5 lower-outer quadrant", "26", "2.5"], ["6 axillary tail", "10", "1.0"], ["7 bilateral", "10", "1.0"], ["8 overlapping (ill-defined)", "2", "0.2"], ["9 not otherwise specified", "697", "68.1"], ["Total", "1024", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 15: All cases by most valid basis of diagnosis", "header": ["Vbx", "No.", "%"], "rows": [["0 death certificate only", "12", "1.2"], ["1 clinical only", "30", "2.9"], ["2 diagnostic imaging", "5", "0.5"], ["5 cytology", "41", "4.0"], ["6 histology of seconadries", "9", "0.9"], ["7 histology of primary", "927", "90.5"], ["8 autopsy", "0", "0.0"], ["9 unknown", "0", "0.0"], ["Total", "1024", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 16: Hitological type", "header": ["Hitological type", "No.", "%"], "rows": [["800-801 carcinoma, nos*", "85", "8.3"], ["814 adenocarcinoma, nos*", "22", "2.1"], ["821 tubular adenocarcinoma", "7", "0.7"], ["848 mucinous adenocarcinoma", "23", "2.2"], ["850 ductal adenocarcinoma", "748", "73.0"], ["851 medullary adenocarcinoma", "6", "0.6"], ["852 lobular adenocarcinoma", "83", "8.1"], ["8522 mixed ductal & lobular ca", "34", "3.3"], ["854 mammary Paget's disease", "13", "1.3"], ["902 Phyllodes", "1", "0.1"], ["959 l ymphoma", "2", "0.2"], ["Total", "1024", "100.0"]]}, {"caption": "Table 17: B. Ductal adenocarcinoma, by differentiation", "header": ["Differentiation", "No.", "%"], "rows": [["1 well differentiation", "65", "8.7"], ["2 moderate differentiation", "302", "40.4"], ["3 poor differentiation", "284", "38.0"], ["9 unspecified differentiation", "97", "13.0"], ["Total", "748", "100.0"]]}]}