The association of race/ethnicity in male breast cancer survival within similar comorbidity cohorts

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BACKGROUND: Concomitant disease is associated with poor breast cancer survival in women and is more prevalent in racial/ethnic minority groups than individuals who are non-Hispanic White. The purpose of this study was to determine if race/ethnicity is associated with survival among men with breast cancer when stratifying analyses by level of comorbidity.

METHODS: We used the California Cancer Registry to identify 1730 cases of men and 259,828 cases of women with breast cancer and documented Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI). Kaplan-Meier survival and Cox regression analyses were used to compare breast cancer-specific survival and risk of mortality for African American/Black, Hispanic, and Asian/Pacific Islander men with White women and White men.

RESULTS: When compared with White women, Black men with a CCI of 0 (hazard ratio [HR], 3.09; 95% CI, 1.10-1.16) and a CCI of 2+, (HR, 2.51; 95% CI, 1.42-4.42) had an increased risk of mortality when compared with White women. When compared with White men, African American men with a CCI of 0 (HR, 2.36; 95% CI, 1.45-3.85) and 2+ (HR, 2.44; 95% CI, 1.26-4.74) had an increased unadjusted risk of mortality, but these disparities were neutralized when controlling for sociodemographic and clinical factors.

CONCLUSIONS: Black men with both low and high levels of concomitant disease have an increased risk of mortality when compared with both White men and women, but demographic and clinical factors are contributors to this disparity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:129

Enthalten in:

Cancer - 129(2023), 5 vom: 01. März, Seite 750-763

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Parise, Carol A [VerfasserIn]
Caggiano, Vincent [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

African Americans
Breast neoplasms
Comorbidity
Hispanic
Journal Article
Male
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Survival analysis

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Date Completed 08.02.2023

Date Revised 27.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/cncr.34592

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351087885