Male Breast Cancer - what you should know about!


Have you know, that the breast cancer can also catch the man? Yes -
it's really true!
Have a look on the last news!
The special Risk Factors for Male Breast Cancer
- Only approximately 1-1.

5% of all breast cancer cases occur in
men.
- Several risk factors have been identified that make some men
more likely to develop breast cancer than others.
These risk factors include:
The Age: The average age of men diagnosed with breast cancer is
between 60 and 70 years old.
The history of the
family:
- 20% of men with breast cancer have close female relatives who
have (or have had) breast cancer.


The Radiation exposure:
- Prior exposure to radiation (usually for treatment of a cancer)
is a risk factor for male breast cancer.
The Liver disease:
- If the liver is normal function, she helps with hormone
metabolism by binding proteins that carry hormones in the
blood. If the Man's has liver diseases such as cirrhosis, they tend
to have lower levels of androgens (male hormones) and on the other
hand a higher estrogens levels (female hormones).This reality puts
them at an increased risk of developing gynecomastia (non-cancerous
tissue growth) and breast cancer.


Symptoms Male Breast Abnormalities
- The most male breast changes are due to benign (non-cancerous)
abnormalities, such as gynecomastia (non-cancerous tissue
growth)
- So, the men should report any persistent breast changes to their
physicians for clinical evaluation.
-The Symptoms of male breast cancer may include:
-a breast lump,
-swelling,
-skin dimpling or
puckering,
-nipple retraction (the nipple turns inward),
-redness or scaling of the nipple or breast skin,
-and nipple discharge .
How to treating Male Breast Cancer
This will be depending on the type and stage of breast
cancer.
The following treatment will most likely be
used:
Surgery - Radiation therapy - Chemotherapy - Hormone
therapy
About the Survival Rates for Male Breast
Cancer
Today, the survival rates are similar the women cancer, when the
treatment of the tumour begins at the same stage.


Anyway, the male breast cancer tends to be diagnosed in later
stages than female breast cancer.
The following chart is an approximate survival rate for each
stage of breast cancer. The percentages are only averages. The
chances of survival will differ for each man depending on his own
medical situation and several other factors, including new
treatment options, how he responds to treatment, etc.


STAGE 1 TUMOR SIZE less than 2 cm No Lymph Node 5year
Survivalrate 100 %
STAGE 2 TUMOR SIZE Between 2-5 cm No Lymph Node 5year Survivalrate
95 %
STAGE 3 TUMOR SIZE More than 5 cm No Lymph Node 5year Survivalrate
84 %
Stage 4 TUMOR SIZE not applicable YES Survivalrate 52 %
All about the Planning Treatment and the
Research
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Additional Resources and References
*The
American Cancer Society provides
information on male breast cancer at
*The National Cancer Institute provides information on male breast
cancer at
*The University of Pennsylvania's Oncolink document, "NCI/PDQ
Physician Statement: Male Breast Cancer," is available at

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