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. 2023 Jul 3;28(12):e1170–e1178. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyad189

Table 2.

Characteristics of patients with male breast cancer from literature.

Study Study years No. of patients Mean age Type (%) Size (range) Grade (%) ER PR HER2
n Years (range) IDC DCIS Other T1 T2 T3 1 2 3 n(%) n(%) n(%)
Port et al11 1996.9-1999.12 16 57.2(36-70) 14 1 1 1.3 cm(0.1-3) 0 6(37.5) 5(31.25) 14(87.5) - -
Albo et al12 1999.10-2020.10 7 61.1(44-76) 7 0 0 1.94 cm(0.5-3.8) 0 5(71.4) 2(28.6) 7(100) 1(14.2) 3(42.9)
Goyal et al13 1998.2-2003.10 9 70(26-79) 9 0 0 4(44) 5(56) 0 1(11) 8(89) 0 - - -
Cimmino et al14 1998.5-2002.11 6 59.8(51-67) 4 1 1 1.6 cm(0.7-2.8) 1(16.7) 3(50) 1(16.7) 4(66.7) - -
Cicco et al15 1999.3-2003.5 18 59(46-80) 11 2 5 16(88.9) 2(11.1) 0 - - - 18(100) 15(83.3) -
Rusby et al16 1996.5-2006.10 31 62(24-86) 26 2 3 19(61) 12(39) 0 2(6) 18(58) 11(35) 29(100) 28(97) 5(19)
Boughey et al17 1999-2005 30 62.5(44-80) 25 3 2 16(53.3) 10(33.3) 0 0 17(56.7) 13(43.3) 29(96.7) 23(76.7) 3(10)
Gentilini et al18 1999.4-2005.1 32 58(33-80) 23 3 6 23(71.9) 3(9.4) - 11(34.4) 21(65.6) 31(96.9) 25(78.1) 5(15.6)
Flynn et al19 1996.9-2005.7 78 60.1(23-84) 65 10 3 1.9 cm(0.1-5.3) - - - 64(98.5) - -
Eryilmaz et al20 1994-2010 25 67(38-83) 22 1 2 5(20) 19(76) 1(4) - - - 15(60) 10(40) 2(8)
Maraz et al21 2004.1-2013.8 16 64.5(47-76) 13 0 3 1.9cm(0.5-3.5) 2(12.5) 11(68.75) 3(18.75) 15(94) - 16(100)
Simsek et al22 2009.2-2012.1 10 57.2(34-85) - - - 2.2cm(1.0-4.0) - - - - - -
Total 278 61.2* 219(82) 23(9) 26(10) 17(12) 78(53) 46(31) 226(87) 102(71) 34(24)

*Age was shown as a weighted mean.

Abbreviations: ER: estrogen receptor; PR: progesterone receptor; IDC: invasive ductal carcinoma; DCIS: ductal carcinoma in situ.