Male Breast Cancer: Understanding the Biology for Improved Patient Care

Summary

Rationale: Gathering medical information and tumor samples from patients with male breast cancer may help doctors learn more about the disease.

Purpose retrospective part: to perform a large international retrospective analysis of clinical and biological data of male BC patients treated in the participating centers from 1990 to 2010.

Purpose prospective part: to create a registry of men with breast cancer for a period of 30 months (starting early 2014).

Conditions

• Breast Cancer

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Breast International Group

  collaborator OTHER

• Swiss Cancer Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• Cancer Trials Ireland

  collaborator NETWORK

• Borstkanker Onderzoek Groep

  collaborator NETWORK

• Swedish Association of Breast Oncologists

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group

  collaborator OTHER

• Hellenic Oncology Research Group

  collaborator OTHER

• Latin American Cooperative Oncology Group

  collaborator OTHER

• Translational Breast Cancer Research Consortium

  collaborator OTHER

• European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer - EORTC

  lead NETWORK

Principal Investigators

• Fatima Cardoso, MD · Champalimaud Cancer Center (Portugal)

• Sharon H. Giordano, MD, MPH · M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (TX, USA)

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

MALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2010-12-31

Primary Completion

2026-12-31

Completion

2026-12-31

Countries

• United States
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Egypt
• Greece
• Ireland
• Mexico
• Netherlands
• Peru
• Poland
• Portugal
• Serbia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United Kingdom

Study Locations