Abstract:
Objective
To evaluate the clinical characteristics, therapeutic methods and prognosis of male breast cancer cases.
Methods
The clinical data of 30 patients diagnosed with male breast cancer were analyzed retrospectively. The survival rate was calculated by Kaplan-Meier.
Results
The 5-year overall survival rate was 67% in the group. The 5-year survival rate was 100% for stage Ⅰbreast cancer, 60% for stage Ⅱ, and 43% for stage Ⅲ, but no cases of stage Ⅳsurvived for 5 years. It was found by single-variant analysis that the tumor size(P=0.006), axillary lymph node status(P=0.013) and tumor stage(P=0.004)significantly influenced the outcome of the patients. Multi-variant Cox regression showed that tumor stage (P=0.009) was an independent factor.
Conclusion
The surgical treatment-based reasonable multi-modality therapy may improve the outcome of male breast cancer patients and will be standard care for these patients.Tumor stage is an independent prognostic factor.
Key words:
Male breast cancer,
Treatment,
Prognosis
Chun-mei LIANG, Jun WANG, Ping WANG. Clinical analysis of 30 cases of male breast cancer[J]. Chinese Journal of Breast Disease(Electronic Edition), 2008, 02(05): 18-21.