PROGNOSTIC FACTORS OF CARCINOMA OF THE MALE BREAST

  • 1 January 1984
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 159  (4) , 373-376
Abstract
The clinical course of 50 male patients with carcinoma of the breast was reviewed. The disease most commonly presented in the 7th decade of life. The clinical examination of the axilla proved to be inaccurate. Survival time was highly correlated with the pathologic stage of the lesion. The 5 yr survival rate was 80% for patients with stage I disease and 67% for those with stage II disease. By contrast, only 25% of patients with stage III disease were alive at 5 yr and all of the patients with stage IV disease had died of the disease by the 5 yr point. The prognosis for male patients with carcinoma of the breast apparently is good if the appropriate therapy is undertaken at an early stage.

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