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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Breast cancer in men. Clinical features, hormone receptor status, and response to therapy
Cancer, Volume 60, No. 6, Year 1987
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Description
Stage, estrogen receptor status, treatment and survival of 29 men with breast cancer attending the Breast Clinic of the Johannesburg Hospital between 1976 and 1985 are reviewed. Most patients had locoregionally advanced disease at presentation. Estrogen receptors (ER) were detected in significant concentration in 15/23 (65%). Local control was achieved in the majority, 19/26 (73%), by either surgery or radiation therapy alone or by combined modality treatment. Fifteen of 23 patients tested (65%) were ER‐positive (>10 fmol/mg protein). For patients with metastatic disease hormone receptor status was predictive of response to hormonal manipulation. Tamoxifen was the most acceptable and frequently used form of hormone therapy with 7/12 patients responding. Combination chemotherapy gave a response rate comparable to that seen in women with breast cancer. Copyright © 1987 American Cancer Society
Authors & Co-Authors
Bezwoda, Werner Robert
South Africa, Johannesburg
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Hesdorffer, Charles S.
South Africa, Johannesburg
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Dansey, Roger Delemere
South Africa, Johannesburg
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
de Moor, Norah G.
South Africa, Johannesburg
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Derman, Dennis P.
South Africa, Johannesburg
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Browde, Selma
South Africa, Johannesburg
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Lange, Myron
South Africa, Johannesburg
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital
Statistics
Citations: 67
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/1097-0142(19870915)60:6<1337::AID-CNCR2820600629>3.0.CO;2-C
ISSN:
0008543X
e-ISSN:
10970142
Research Areas
Cancer
Health System And Policy
Participants Gender
Male
Female