Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Has a Worse Prognosis in Male Than in Female Patients
Li X, Yang J, Krishnamurti U, Huo L, Ward K, O'Regan R, Peng L. Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer Has a Worse Prognosis in Male Than in Female Patients. Clinical Breast Cancer 2017, 17: 356-366. PMID: 28576631, DOI: 10.1016/j.clbc.2017.03.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMale breast carcinomaFemale breast carcinomaHormone receptorsMBC patientsWorse OSOverall survivalBreast carcinomaBreast cancerStage IHormone receptor-positive breast cancerEarly-stage hormone receptorReceptor-positive breast cancerNational Cancer Institute's SurveillanceEnd Results (SEER) databaseWorse overall survivalBreast carcinoma casesSimilar survival ratesMBC subtypesWorse survivalClinicopathologic featuresOverall incidenceResults databaseWorse prognosisHER2 statusFBC patientsTumor-infiltrating lymphocytes are significantly associated with better overall survival and disease-free survival in triple-negative but not estrogen receptor–positive breast cancers
Krishnamurti U, Wetherilt C, Yang J, Peng L, Li X. Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes are significantly associated with better overall survival and disease-free survival in triple-negative but not estrogen receptor–positive breast cancers. Human Pathology 2017, 64: 7-12. PMID: 28153508, DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2017.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiomarkers, TumorBiopsyBreast NeoplasmsChemotherapy, AdjuvantDisease ProgressionDisease-Free SurvivalFemaleHumansLogistic ModelsLymphatic MetastasisLymphocytes, Tumor-InfiltratingMastectomyMultivariate AnalysisNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNeoplasm StagingOdds RatioPredictive Value of TestsProportional Hazards ModelsReceptors, EstrogenRisk FactorsTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsConceptsTriple-negative breast cancerTumor-infiltrating lymphocytesDisease-free survivalBetter overall survivalLymph node statusOverall survivalBreast cancerNeoadjuvant treatmentLymphovascular invasionEstrogen receptor-positive breast cancerReceptor-positive breast cancerOncotype DX recurrence scoreOncotype DX scorePossible prognostic valueDX recurrence scoreNottingham histologic gradeNeoadjuvant settingTILs correlateNegative associationNode statusPrognostic valueRecurrence scoreHistologic gradePrognostic parametersPathological response