Epidemiology of male breast cancer

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BACKGROUND: Due to its rarity, few studies have characterized the epidemiology of male breast cancer. The purpose of this study was to determine survival and risk factors for male breast cancer in a large U.S.

POPULATION:.

METHODS: In this study, 19,795 male patients with breast cancer were identified from the National Cancer Database (2004-2014). Patient demographics, tumor characteristics and treatments were analyzed by using descriptive statistics. We used multivariate Cox regression and Kaplan Meier analysis.

RESULTS: Over 10 years, the incidence of male breast cancer increased from 7.2% to 10.3%, while mortality decreased from 11% to 3.8%. Socioeconomic factors predicting mortality included income medium, and high vs low (HR = 0.78; 0.68), private vs no insurance (HR = 0.73) and the academic research facility vs community cancer center (HR = 0.79). Significant predictors of all-cause mortality included age (HR = 1.04), tumor size (HR = 1.01), hormone receptor expression (HR = 0.8) and cancer stage I vs II, III, and IV at the time of diagnosis (HR = 1.5, 2.7, 4.4, 9.9 respectively). Other predictors of mortality include surgery (HR = 0.4), chemotherapy (HR = 0.8), radiation (HR = 0.8), and hormonal therapy (HR-0.8).

CONCLUSIONS: Socioeconomic factors, cancer stage, tumor characteristics (size and grade), and high Charlson-Dayo score contributed to higher mortality among male patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Surgery was most effective, followed by radiation, chemotherapy, and hormonal therapy. Patients with positive ER or PR expression demonstrated better survival. Adjusting for socioeconomic factors, biomarker identification and timely, appropriately chosen treatment are likely to reduce the risk for mortality.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:54

Enthalten in:

Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 54(2020) vom: 15. Dez., Seite 8-14

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Konduri, Santhi [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Maharaj [VerfasserIn]
Bobustuc, George [VerfasserIn]
Rovin, Richard [VerfasserIn]
Kassam, Amin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomarkers, Tumor
Epidemiology
Journal Article
Male breast
Mortality
NCBD database
Survival

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 28.05.2021

Date Revised 28.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.breast.2020.08.010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314400141