Overall Mortality After Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Men vs Women.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Survival differences between male and female patients with breast cancer have been reported, but the underlying factors associated with the disparity have not been fully studied. This understanding is fundamental to developing strategies for cancer treatment and survivorship care.

Objective

To compare mortality between male and female patients with breast cancer and quantitatively evaluate the factors associated with sex-based disparity in mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

This large, nationwide, registry-based cohort study used the National Cancer Database to identify and obtain data on patients who received a breast cancer diagnosis between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2014. After exclusions, the final study population comprised 1 816 733

SUBMITTER: Wang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753503 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature