Research Article

Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast: Perspectives on Tumor Subtype and Treatment

Table 2

Cox proportional hazards regression model analysis of overall survival (OS) and breast cancer-specific mortality (BCSM).

VariablesOSBCSM
aHR (95% CI)P valueaHR (95% CI) value

Age at diagnosis (y)
 <35ReferenceReference
 35-49564.1 (0.0, 1.49E58)0.9225.092 (0.0, 1.58E177)0.994
 50-64550.8 (0.0, 1.45E58)0.9231591.7 (0.0, 3.37E179)0.972
 ≥653134.5 (0.0, 8.24E58)0.9028686.1 (0.0, 1.84E180)0.965
Grade
 WellReferenceReference
 Moderately4.965 (0.647, 38.096)0.1232275.2 (0.0, 3.711E22)0.732
 Poorly1.318 (0.158, 11.018)0.7993735.7 (0.0, 6.985E22)0.716
 Undifferentiated2.882 (0.243, 34.136)0.40169.918 (0.0, 1.380E300.898
Laterality
 LeftReferenceReference
 Right1.913 (0.983, 3.724)0.05614.934 (0.685, 325.57)0.086
Tumor size (mm)
 ≤10ReferenceReference
 10-201.411 (0.602, 3.307)0.4280.003 (0.0, 2405831.4)0.579
 20-500.633 (0.172, 2.338)0.4930.138 (0.003, 7.196)0.327
 >501.750 (0.445, 6.888)0.4230.267 (0.009, 7.787)0.443
Subtype
 HoR+/HER-ReferenceReference
 HoR+/HER+1.269 (0.480, 3.354)0.6301.595 (0.083, 13.188)30.732
 HoR-/HER+2.518 (0.2918, 6.909)0.0730.365 (0.007, 17.853)0.611
 TN3.878 (1.619, 9.289)0.00217.093 (0.467, 625.28)0.122
Radiotherapy
 NoReferenceReference
 Yes0.261 (0.083, 0.891)0.0213.751 (0.110, 127.66)0.463
Local treatment
 MReferenceReference
 BCS1.274 (0.512, 3.171)06020.0 (0.0, 4.739E42)0.886
 BCS+R0.270 (0.101, 0.718)0.0090.001 (0.0, 1.492E18)0.764
Surgery
 M+ALNDReferenceReference
 M+SLNB0.5484 (0.236, 1.275)0.1630.014 (0.001, 0.389)0.012
 BCS+ALND0.891 (0.170, 4.666)0.8910.0 (0.0)0.984
 BCS+SLNB0.265 (0.099, 0.705)0.0080.0 (0.0, 2.337E178)0.945

values calculated by Log-rank testing; bold if statistically significant, . M: mastectomy; BCS: breast-conserving surgery; R: radiotherapy; HoR: hormone receptor; TN: triple negative; LN: lymph node; SLNB: sentinel lymph node biopsy; ALND: axillary lymph node dissection. aHR: adjusted hazard ratio (adjusted for age at diagnosis, race, grade, tumor size, laterality, ER, PR, HER2, subtype, radiotherapy, local treatment, and surgery).