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 4

Five-year Kaplan-Meier disease-specific survival by race.

TotalWhiteBlackHispanicAsianLog-rank value

Overall87.5% (±0.7)88.6% (±0.7)80.0% (±2.3)86.6% (±3.0)90.2% (±2.8) < 0.001
Age = 0.970
65 years88.9% (±0.9)90.0% (±1.0)84.7% (±2.6)85.6% (±4.0)88.6% (±4.0) = 0.002
65 years86.2% (±1.0)87.4% (±1.0)71.6% (±4.3)83.6% (±5.4)92.1% (±3.8) < 0.001
Year of diagnosis = 0.215
 1988–199386.6% (±1.7)87.1% (±1.9)81.4% (±6.0)87.5% (±8.3)88.0% (±6.5) = 0.683
 1994–199986.8% (±1.4)90.5% (±1.3)66.8% (±5.6)74.8% (±8.3)87.5% (±5.8) < 0.001
 2000–200588.1% (±0.9)88.3% (±1.0)84.6% (±2.6)90.4% (±3.2)92.8% (±3.5) = 0.056
Marital status < 0.001
 Single80.9% (±2.3)82.7% (±2.7)74.3% (±5.4)83.5% (±7.6)85.7% (±13.2) = 0.546
 Married90.2% (±0.7)90.9% (±0.8)85.3% (±2.7)84.1% (±4.0)92.4% (±2.8) = 0.005
 Separated54.5% (±10.7)61.1% (±15.4)44.4% (±16.6)50.0% (±35.4) = 0.475
 Divorced81.8% (±3.0)82.6% (±3.4)81.1% (±7.0)88.9% (±10.5)33.3% (±27.2) = 0.086
 Widowed81.9% (±3.0)83.4% (±3.2)64.7% (±11.1)100.0% (±0.0)85.7% (±13.2) = 0.046
 Unknown85.3% (±3.9)84.1% (±4.6)85.7% (±9.4)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.351
Histology < 0.001
 In situ99.3% (±0.5)99.1% (±0.6)100.0% (±0.0)100.0% (±0.0)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.874
 Ductal85.5% (±0.8)86.8% (±0.9)75.9% (±2.8)82.8% (±3.8)89.7% (±3.3) < 0.001
 Papillary92.9% (±4.0)93.3% (±4.6)100.0% (±0.0)50.0% (±35.4) = 0.136
 Mucinous94.3% (±3.2)96.9% (±3.1)87.5% (±8.3)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.744
 Medullary100.0% (±0.0)100.0% (±0.0)100.0% (±0.0)
 Lobular88.9% (±3.7)89.4% (±4.1)80.0% (±17.9)50.0% (±25.0)80.0% (±17.9) = 0.167
ER/PR status < 0.001
 ER−/PR−85.0% (±3.4)83.6% (±4.2)89.7% (±6.9)71.4% (±17.1)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.359
 ER+/PR−77.6% (±2.8)80.7% (±3.0)71.4% (±7.7)55.6% (±16.6)57.1% (±18.7) = 0.082
 ER+/PR+88.0% (±0.9)88.7% (±1.0)78.8% (±3.5)89.1% (±3.9)95.3% (±2.6) < 0.001
 Unknown89.7% (±1.1)91.4% (±1.2)82.2% (±3.5)91.2% (±4.2)84.8% (±6.3) = 0.008
Treatment < 0.001
 None61.4% (±5.4)68.2% (±6.5)42.9% (±11.4)80.0% (±17.9)41.7% (±22.2) = 0.131
 Primary RT40.2% (±7.9)36.2% (±9.0)53.6% (±20.1)50.0% (±25.0) = 0.823
 Partial mast.92.8% (±1.7)91.4% (±2.1)93.8% (±4.3)100.0% (±0.0)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.673
 Nipple-sparing mast.100.0% (±0.0)100.0% (±0.0)
 Simple mast.92.0% (±1.3)92.5% (±1.4)87.9% (±4.6)95.8% (±4.1)89.2% (±7.2) = 0.346
 Modified rad. mast.88.1% (±0.8)89.4% (±0.9)80.1% (±2.9)84.2% (±4.0)91.2% (±3.4) < 0.001
 Rad. mast.72.6% (±8.8)72.2% (±10.6)71.4% (±17.1) = 0.736
 Surgery, NOS85.7% (±9.4)81.8% (±11.6)81.8% (±11.6) = 0.711
LNDX < 0.001
 No78.7% (±2.0)79.7% (±2.3)69.6% (±5.7)91.0% (±6.1)78.0% (±9.8) = 0.045
 Yes89.3% (±0.7)90.4% (±0.7)82.6% (±2.4)85.7% (±3.4)92.6% (±2.7) < 0.001
Adjuvant RT < 0.001
 No89.2% (±0.7)90.7% (±0.8)80.9% (±2.5)88.4% (±3.3)87.7% (±3.5) < 0.001
 Yes85.2% (±1.6)85.0% (±1.8)79.1% (±5.2)85.2% (±6.8)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.019
Nodal metastases < 0.001
 No91.4% (±0.7)91.9% (±0.8)88.0% (±2.3)93.7% (±2.7)90.3% (±3.5) = 0.006
 Yes80.4% (±1.4)82.7% (±1.5)66.4% (±4.5)73.5% (±6.6)90.1% (±4.7) < 0.001
Stage < 0.001
 099.3% (±0.5)99.1% (±0.6)100.0% (±0.0)100.0% (±0.0)100.0% (±0.0) = 0.874
 I97.5% (±0.6)97.7% (±0.6)98.8% (±1.2)91.2% (±4.8)97.4% (±2.6) = 0.285
 II89.8% (±1.0)90.1% (±1.1)84.6% (±3.6)95.2% (±3.3)93.2% (±3.8) = 0.012
 III70.5% (±2.4)75.8% (±2.6)48.5% (±6.7)65.1% (±9.5)67.1% (±13.5) < 0.001
 IV24.7% (±4.1)21.7% (±4.6)38.4% (±10.0)28.6% (±17.1) = 0.460
Grade < 0.001
 196.3% (±1.1)97.7% (±1.0)85.0% (±6.2)100.0% (±0.0)100% (±0.0) = 0.024
 290.4% (±0.9)91.1% (±1.0)82.8% (±3.5)91.8% (±3.9)95.9% (±2.8) < 0.001
 379.9% (±1.4)80.9% (±1.6)71.5% (±4.7)73.8% (±6.8)87.9% (±5.7) = 0.034
 Unknown88.6% (±1.6)90.8% (±1.6)84.7% (±4.5)82.7% (±7.9)70.6% (±11.1) = 0.338