Adjuvant systemic therapy for male breast carcinoma

• Published in: Cancer Vol. 104; no. 11; pp. 2359 - 2364
• Main Authors: Giordano, Sharon H., Perkins, George H., Broglio, Kristine, Garcia, Sherry G., Middleton, Lavinia P., Buzdar, Aman U., Hortobagyi, Gabriel N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.12.2005; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: adjuvant systemic therapy; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Breast Neoplasms, Male - drug therapy; Breast Neoplasms, Male - mortality; Breast Neoplasms, Male - pathology; Breast Neoplasms, Male - surgery; Breast Neoplasms, Male - therapy; Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Male; male breast carcinoma; Mammary gland diseases; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Survival Analysis; Treatment Outcome; Tumors; Mammary gland diseases; Breast carcinoma; Cancerology; Adjuvant treatment; male breast carcinoma; Male; Malignant tumor; adjuvant systemic therapy

BACKGROUND In the current study, the authors describe the M. D. Anderson experience with adjuvant systemic therapy in male breast carcinoma patients. METHODS A total of 156 men with a diagnosis of breast carcinoma registered and were treated at the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center between 1944 and 2001....