Men with breast cancer are more likely to have lower overall survival rates than their female counterparts a study said. The persistent disparity derived from an analysis of data from the National Cancer Database suggests a possible distinct cancer biology less effective treatment or compliance issues and perhaps unhealthy lifestyles among men may be responsible for the lower overall survival rates said the study's senior author Xiao-Ou Shu from the Vanderbilt University in the US. The five-year mortality rate for men was 19 per cent higher than women according to the research published in the journal JAMA Oncology. The study
