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Male Breast Cancer Prognostic Factors Versus Female Counterparts With Propensity Scores And Matched-Pair Analysis, Edward Yu, Larry Stitt, Olga Vujovic, Kurian Joseph, Avi Assouline, Jawaid Younus, Francisco Perera, Patricia Tai

Edward Yu

Objective: To assess the effect of prognostic factors and their impact on survival in male and female breast cancer. Methods: Medical records for men and women diagnosed with breast cancer referred to the cancer center for treatment were reviewed. Patients with distant metastatic diseases were excluded. Data on prognostic factors including age, nodal status, resection margin, use of hormonal therapy, chemotherapy with and without hormone and radiation therapy (RT), survival, and recurrence were analyzed. Survival estimates were obtained using Kaplan-Meier methodology. The Cox regression interaction was used to compare male and female differences in prognostic factors. Male breast cancer (MBC) …