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Table 2 Not-matched tumor characteristics and treatment features of female and male breast cancer patients

From: Matched-pair analysis of patients with female and male breast cancer: a comparative analysis

 

Men

 

Women

 

χ2

Histology

     

DCIS

4

3.7%

3

2.8%

0.14

Invasive ductal carcinoma

86

79.6%

64

59.8%

 

Invasive lobular carcinoma

5

4.6%

16

15.0%

 

Others*

13

12.0%

25

23.4%

 

Surgery

     

Mastectomy

94

88.7%

49

45.4%

0.001

BCS

12

11.3%

51

47.2%

 

No surgery

0

0%

8

7.4%

 

Axillary dissection

94

87.0%

92

85.1%

0.76

No axillary dissection

14

13.0%

16

14.8%

 

Adjuvant radiotherapy

     

Radio therapy received

62

60.8%

72

87.8%

0.001

No therapy

40

39.2%

10

12, 20%

 

Adjuvant systemic therapy

     

Chemotherapy

15

15%

21

23.6%

0.005

Chemo-/Hormone therapy

17

17%

27

30.3%

 

Hormone therapy

31

31%

31

34.8%

 

Trastuzumab

3

3%

1

1.1%

 

No therapy

34

34%

9

10.1%

 
  1. *Others: mucinous, scirrhous, squamous, mixed.