US Incidence of Breast Cancer Subtypes Defined by Joint Hormone Receptor and HER2 Status
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · University of Washington · +3 more institutions
Abstract
In 2010, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) registries began collecting human epidermal growth factor 2 (HER2) receptor status for breast cancer cases.
Breast cancer subtypes defined by joint hormone receptor (HR; estrogen receptor [ER] and progesterone receptor [PR]) and HER2 status were assessed across the 28% of the US population that is covered by SEER registries. Age-specific incidence rates by subtype were calculated for non-Hispanic (NH) white, NH black, NH Asian Pacific Islander (API), and Hispanic women. Joint HR/HER2 status distributions by age, race/ethnicity, county-level poverty, registry, stage, Bloom-Richardson grade, tumor size, and nodal status were evaluated using multivariable adjusted polytomous logistic regression. All statistical tests were two-sided.
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- 100%
- References
- 36
Authors
7- NHNadia HowladerCorresponding
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, University of Washington, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute, Cancer Prevention Institute of California
- SFSean F. Altekruse
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, University of Washington, National Cancer Institute
- CIChristopher I. Li
National Cancer Institute, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, University of Washington
- VWVivien W. Chen
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, National Cancer Institute, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, University of Washington
- CAChristina A. Clarke
University of Washington, National Cancer Institute, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans
Topics & keywords
- Breast cancer
- Medicine
- Internal medicine
- Oncology
- Estrogen receptor
- Incidence (geometry)
- Cancer
- Population
- No poverty