Prognostic Factors for Carcinoma of the Male Breast
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Surgical Pathology
- Vol. 2 (3), 199-206
- https://doi.org/10.1177/106689699500200305
Abstract
Male mammary carcinoma (MMC) affects approximately 1000 men in the United States each year. Aside from the impact of estrogen-receptor positivity on the clinical course of this tumor, relatively little information exists in published form on the ability of special pathologic studies to predict its biologic behavior. The authors analyzed 26 cases of invasive ductal MMC, comparing overall survival with tumor size, histologic grade (Page and Anderson), immunohistologic estrogen receptor protein status, DNA ploidy, expression of S 100 and gross cystic disease fluid proteins, and immunohisto chemically-detected amplification of the c-erbB-2 (HER-2/neu) oncoprotein. Tumor size and amplification of c-erbB-2 oncoprotein emerged as the statistically significant predictors in this group; MMCs ofKeywords
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