Research Article

The Impact of Race in Male Breast Cancer Treatment and Outcome in the United States: A Population-Based Analysis of 4,279 Patients

Table 3

Five-year Kaplan-Meier overall survival by race.

TotalWhiteBlackHispanicAsianLog-rank value

Overall73.4% (±0.9)73.8% (±1.2)66.3% (±2.6)74.0% (±3.8)85.3% (±3.3) < 0.001
Age < 0.001
65 years83.2% (±1.1)84.8% (±1.2)74.3% (±3.0)80.9% (±4.4)88.6% (±4.0) < 0.001
65 years64.5% (±1.3)65.1% (±1.4)53.1% (±4.4)60.7% (±6.5)81.6% (±5.3) = 0.011
Year of diagnosis = 0.018
 1988–199368.9% (±2.2)69.1% (±2.4)60.4% (±7.1)64.7% (±11.6)80.8% (±7.7) = 0.549
 1994–199972.0% (±1.7)74.5% (±1.9)55.6% (±5.5)57.6% (±8.6)87.5% (±5.8) < 0.001
 2000–200575.2% (±1.1)74.8% (±1.3)71.8% (±3.1)82.4% (±4.1)86.2% (±4.5) = 0.031
Marital status < 0.001
 Single68.7% (±2.6)69.8% (±3.1)58.5% (±5.7)76.6% (±8.4)85.7% (±13.2) = 0.144
 Married77.5% (±1.0)77.6% (±1.1)73.7% (±3.3)72.8% (±4.7)87.4% (±3.4) = 0.037
 Separated46.0% (±10.2)41.7% (±14.2)44.4% (±16.6)50.0% (±35.4) = 0.665
 Divorced68.9% (±3.4)68.3% (±4.0)72.7% (±7.8)77.8% (±13.9)33.3% (±27.2) = 0.528
 Widowed51.9% (±3.5)53.1% (±3.9)33.3% (±9.6)71.4% (±17.1)71.4% (±17.1) = 0.174
 Unknown66.7% (±4.9)66.7% (±5.6)65.7% (±12.5)33.3% (±27.2)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.694
Histology < 0.001
 In situ91.3% (±1.6)90.0% (±2.0)94.6% (±3.7)94.1% (±5.7)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.543
 Ductal70.6% (±1.0)71.2% (±1.1)62.1% (±3.0)69.2% (±4.5)83.5% (±3.9) < 0.001
 Papillary75.6% (±6.4)75.0% (±7.7)88.9% (±10.5)50.0% (±35.4)50.0% (±35.4) = 0.457
 Mucinous81.1% (±5.4)87.5% (±5.8)62.5% (±12.1)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.034
 Medullary100.0% (±0.0)100.0% (±0.0)100.0% (±0.0)
 Lobular75.1% (±5.0)75.2% (±5.6)57.1% (±18.7)50.0% (±25.0)80.0% (±17.9) = 0.352
ER/PR status = 0.057
 ER−/PR−71.8% (±4.0)71.8% (±4.9)70.8% (±9.3)57.1% (±18.7)87.5% (±11.7) = 0.175
 ER+/PR−65.5% (±3.0)67.8% (±3.4)57.7% (±8.1)55.6% (±16.6)57.1% (±18.7) = 0.487
 ER+/PR+73.3% (±1.2)73.2% (±1.3)66.1% (±3.9)74.3% (±5.2)89.6% (±3.7) = 0.006
 Unknown76.1% (±1.5)76.9% (±1.7)68.4% (±4.1)79.4% (±5.8)81.9% (±6.7) = 0.045
Treatment < 0.001
 None45.9% (±5.1)50.0% (±6.4)33.3% (±10.3)60.0% (±21.9)35.7% (±19.8) = 0.329
 Primary RT31.8% (±7.0)30.3% (±8.0)42.9% (±18.7)25.0% (±21.7) = 0.904
 Partial mast.80.0% (±2.6)78.1% (±3.1)78.8% (±7.1)80.8% (±12.2)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.271
 Nipple-sparing mast.75.0% (±10.8)91.7% (±8.0)25.0% (±21.7) = 0.004
 Simple mast.77.1% (±1.9)75.5% (±2.2)82.6% (±5.3)88.5% (±6.3)79.6% (±9.1) = 0.294
 Modified rad. mast.74.0% (±1.0)74.9% (±1.2)64.9% (±3.3)71.6% (±4.8)87.2% (±4.0) = 0.002
 Rad. mast.59.3% (±9.5)52.6% (±11.5)71.4% (±17.1) = 0.321
 Surgery, NOS80.0% (±10.3)75.0% (±12.5)100.0% (±0.0)0.0% (±0.0) = 0.727
LNDX < 0.001
 No61.0% (±2.3)60.9% (±2.6)58.6% (±5.9)66.2% (±9.8)65.3% (±10.7) = 0.592
 Yes76.0% (±0.9)76.3% (±1.0)68.3% (±2.8)75.7% (±4.1)89.6% (±3.1) < 0.001
Adjuvant RT = 0.738
 No73.9% (±1.0)74.3% (±1.1)67.5% (±2.9)75.6% (±4.2)82.7% (±3.9) = 0.033
 Yes74.7% (±1.8)75.0% (±2.1)64.4% (±5.7)67.9% (±8.8)95.7% (±4.3) = 0.003
Nodal metastases < 0.001
 No77.0% (±1.0)77.1% (±1.1)74.1% (±3.0)76.3% (±4.5)85.3% (±4.1) = 0.101
 Yes66.8% (±1.5)67.7% (±1.7)53.3% (±4.4)69.6% (±6.8)85.4% (±5.5) < 0.001
Stage < 0.001
 091.3% (±1.6)90.0% (±2.0)94.6% (±3.7)94.1% (±5.7)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.543
 I83.8% (±1.3)83.5% (±1.5)85.3% (±3.8)76.9% (±6.7)92.3% (±4.3) = 0.246
 II74.2% (±1.4)74.2% (±1.6)67.0% (±4.3)79.5% (±6.1)88.8% (±4.7) = 0.005
 III55.5% (±2.4)57.8% (±2.8)37.0% (±6.0)64.5% (±9.0)61.5% (±13.5) = 0.005
 IV19.4% (±3.4)17.5% (±3.9)30.8% (±9.1)14.3% (±13.2) = 0.421
Grade < 0.001
 184.7% (±2.1)85.1% (±2.4)76.5% (±7.3)91.7% (±8.0)92.9% (±6.9) = 0.390
 276.5% (±1.3)76.9% (±1.4)67.8% (±4.1)74.2% (±6.0)94.1% (±3.3) = 0.005
 365.2% (±1.6)65.7% (±1.8)57.4% (±4.8)65.1% (±7.3)77.1% (±7.1) = 0.014
 Unknown73.9% (±2.1)73.9% (±2.4)72.5% (±5.4)72.5% (±8.9)70.6% (±11.1) = 0.899

Mast = mastectomy; RT = radiotherapy; LNDX = lymph node dissection; ER = estrogen receptor; PR = progesterone receptor.