Research Article

Factors Associated with the Incidence of Local Recurrences of Breast Cancer in Women Who Underwent Conservative Surgery

Table 3

Crude and adjusted odds ratios for statistically significant variables in women with breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery and who were registered in HSRC during the period from January 1, 2000 to December 31, 2010.

VariablesCategoriesCrude ORAdjusted O
valueOR LI 95%LS 95% valueOR LI 95%LS 95%

Age groupLess than 39 years0.00717.112.19133.630.02810.931.2992.66
40 to 49 0.0329.131.2168.810.0836.280.7850.23
50 to 59 0.0686.670.8750.950.1185.330.6543.49
60 to 69 0.1225.170.6541.430.1474.890.5741.86
70 years and over1.001.00

Race/ethnicityWhite1.001.00
Nonwhite0.0901.700.923.150.4881.290.632.64

Histological typeDuctal and mixed carcinoma 0.0805.910.8143.350.9971.500.104.00
Lobular carcinoma 0.0429.621.0985.210.9971.300.203.50
Others1.001.00

First treatment after surgeryNone0.9980.998
RT0.7471.280.295.600.8860.890.184.40
CT0.2512.350.5510.080.7890.800.164.05
Hormone1.001.00

Size in cm≤0.51.001.00
0.6–1.00.7650.810.203.330.4130.520.112.47
1.1–1.50.4260.550.132.380.2570.410.091.93
1.6–2.00.2502.110.597.490.8661.130.274.67
>2.00.1922.260.677.660.6731.340.345.27

Vascular and/or lymphatic invasionNo1.001.00
Yes0.0981.700.913.190.6061.220.582.57

Surgical margin involvementNegative1.001.00
Positive0.0003.481.756.940.0013.661.658.09

Oestrogen receptorNegative1.001.00
Positive0.0910.600.331.090.1010.560.291.12

Her-2Negative1.001.00
Positive0.0182.031.133.670.0451.941.023.72

The total data analysed were based on 676 women (76.8%), due to missing data in at least one variable.
could not be calculated because no women with local recurrences remained in this analysis category.
RT: radiotherapy, CT: chemotherapy.