Sl. Saltzstein, THE ASSOCIATION OF ETHNICITY AND THE INCIDENCE OF MAMMARY-CARCINOMA IN-SITU IN WOMEN - 11,436 CASES FROM THE CALIFORNIA CANCER REGISTRY, Cancer detection and prevention, 21(4), 1997, pp. 361-369
Ethnic differences in the incidence of mammary carcinoma in situ (CIS)
in women, as well as differences in the percentages of carcinomas dia
gnosed in the in situ stage, have been calculated from the 11,436 case
s of CIS in the California Cancer Registry (CCR) for the years 1988 th
rough 1992. White women have an average annual age-adjusted incidence
(AAAIR) of 17.4/100,000; black women, 11.4/100,000; Hispanic women, 7.
6/100,000; and Asian/other women, 8.3/100,000. White women have 11.8%
of their carcinomas diagnosed in the in situ stage; black women, 10.2%
; Hispanic women, 9.7%; and Asian/other women, 12.2%. In all ethniciti
es, CIS is predominantly a disease of postmenopausal women and is firs
t diagnosed at an earlier age in nonwhite women. All of these observat
ions have implications in the planning and evaluation of health care d
elivery and cancer control activities. Moreover, the younger age at di
agnosis of women with CIS compared with those with invasive carcinoma
supports the concept that CIS proceeds to invasive cancer.