Background: Although breast cancer is most frequently diagnosed in women, it is also diagnosed in men in rare instances. Few studies have evaluated the needs of men with breast cancer. Objectives: The purpose of this project was to identify gaps in the educational and psychosocial needs of men...
Only two other cases of transsexual men with breast carcinoma have been reported previously. All three patients received oral estrogens for prolonged periods to maintain secondary female characteristics. The controversies relating to hormonal influences in the etiology of breast cancer in men are ...
However, the likelihood of death for men with breast cancer is increased in the presence of increased age at diagnosis and advanced tumor size. This is perhaps linked to inherent tumor vasculature, which is strongly related throughout a tumor section....
Breast cancer in a first- or second-degree relative was associated with a four-fold increased odds of MBC (OR 4.7; 95% CI 4.1, 5.3). Associations with MBC were strongest for family history of breast cancer in 2 or more first-degree relatives (FDR) (OR 7.8; 95% CI 5.2, 11.6), for...
Male breast cancer (MBC) is a rare type of cancer in the breast cancer series and in the male population. MBC incidence is generally low compared with the female breast cancer (FBC), the highest rates adjusted for age occur in Israel (0.08 per 100,000 person-years), while the rates are...
Male breast cancer typically presents as a painless, firm mass often associated with nipple retraction or ulceration, fixation of skin to underlying muscle, and palpable axillary nodes. From: Yen & Jaffe's Reproductive Endocrinology (Seventh Edition), 2014 ...
The risk of invasive breast cancer in men may be associated with self-reported infertility in the male partner, finds a study published in the open-access journal Breast Cancer Research. The authors interviewed 1,998 males in England and Wales diagnosed
New data show that roughly one-fifth of tamoxifen-treated male patients with breast cancer stop treatment early because of side effects. “Clinicians need to be aware of the possible side effects that men may experience when receiving tamoxifen so that patients can be counseled appropriately.” ...
"Although we saw a significant improvement in overall survival for malebreast cancer patientsover time, the prognosis for men with breast cancer has not been improving as much as for women with the disease," Dr. Fatima Cardoso, director of the breast unit at the Champalimaud Cancer Center in ...
Stage, hormonal status, and HER2 expression are important prognostic factors and need to be determined upon the pathologic diagnosis of breast cancer. Male breast cancer is very rare and is most often associated with conditions of relative estrogen excess such as Klinefelter syndrome. The management ...