Key clinical point: Age, tumor subtype, surgery, and brain metastasis are independent risk factors for survival in male patients with breast cancer (BC) and bone metastases and should be considered when devising a treatment strategy.
Major finding: Overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) were significantly lower in patients aged >60 years (hazard ratio [HR] 1.671; P = .014 and HR 1.806; P = .009, respectively), with triple-negative BC (HR 3.029; P = .003 and HR 3.025; P = .004, respectively), and without surgery (HR 1.764; P = .012 and HR 1.734; P = .023, respectively), and with brain metastasis worsening OS (HR 2.045; P = .028) but not CSS ( P = .056).
Study details: Findings are from a retrospective study including 207 male patients with BC and bone metastases.
Disclosures: This study did not report any source of funding. The authors declared no conflict of interests.
Source: Zhou X et al. Survival analysis in male breast cancer with bone metastasis based on the SEER database. Front Oncol. 2022;12:659812 (Apr 13). Doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.659812