Research Article

Smoking and Breast Cancer Recurrence after Breast Conservation Therapy

Table 1

Demographic and tumor characteristics of sample by smoking history.

Smoking history—number (%) value
Never ( )Prior ( )Current ( )

Race<0.001
 White288 (77%)160 (81%)31 (60%)
 Black43 (11%)21 (11%)17 (33%)
 Asian13 (3%)1 (1%)0 (0%)
 Hispanic21 (6%)5 (3%)4 (7%)
 Other11 (3%)9 (5%)0 (0%)
Age (mean ± SD) 0.007
Stage0.004
 096 (26%)55 (28%)20 (38%)
 1211 (57%)92 (47%)16 (31%)
 257 (15%)43 (22%)16 (31%)
 38 (2%)6 (3%)0 (0%)
Histology0.08
 Infiltrating ductal195 (52%)110 (56%)27 (52%)
 DCIS95 (25%)53 (27%)21 (40%)
 Infiltrating lobular21 (6%)13 (7%)1 (2%)
 Mixed ductal/lobular15 (4%)6 (3%)0 (0%)
 Other50 (13%)14 (7%)3 (6%)
ERa (% positive)86% (287/334)84% (144/171)86% (37/43)0.87
PRa (% positive)78% (253/323)76% (129/170)83% (35/42)0.56
Her2/neua (% positive)16% (34/206)10% (12/120)17% (5/29)0.24

ER/PR only obtained on DCIS after 2005 and Her2/neu obtained on invasive cases only after 2005.