Table 2

Age and tumour size distribution of the study participants compared with Victorian women diagnosed with breast cancer.

Age group
Victorian women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2004 [17]
Women in 'Health and Wellbeing after Breast Cancer Study'

<40 years
5.6%
6.1%
40–59 years
46.2%
54.3%
60–79 years
37.0%
36.2%
80+ years
11.2%
3.4%

Tumour size (where known)
Victorian women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2000 [19]
Women in 'Health and Wellbeing after Breast Cancer Study'

<1 cm
19.1%
17.9%
1-<2 cm
42.4%
44.0%
2-<5 cm
34.1%
35.0%
5-<10 cm
3.9%
2.9%
10+ cm
0.5%
0.2%

Lijovic et al. BMC Cancer 2008 8:126   doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-126