This invention relates to the treatment of androgen receptor-positive breast cancer in a subject, for example a female subject. Accordingly, this invention provides methods of: a) treating a subject suffering from breast cancer; b) treating a subject suffering from metastatic breast cancer; c) treating a subject suffering from refractory breast cancer; d) treating a subject suffering from AR-positive breast cancer; e) treating a subject suffering from AR-positive refractory breast cancer; f) treating a subject suffering from AR-positive metastatic breast cancer; g) treating a subject suffering from AR-positive and ER-positive breast cancer; h) treating a subject suffering from triple negative breast cancer; i) treating a subject suffering from advanced breast cancer; j) treating a subject suffering from breast cancer that has failed SERM (tamoxifen, toremifene), aromatase inhibitor, trastuzumab (Herceptin, ado-trastuzumab emtansine), pertuzumab (Perjeta), lapatinib, exemestane (Aromasin), bevacizumab (Avastin), and/or fulvestrant treatments; k) treating, preventing, suppressing or inhibiting metastasis in a subject suffering from breast cancer; l) prolonging survival of a subject with breast cancer, and/or m) prolonging the progression-free survival of a subject with breast cancer; comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) compound, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a SARM compound of this invention.