What is Male Breast Cancer

What is Male Breast Cancer?

Male breast cancer is a similar pathology as female breast cancer. The symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for male breast cancer are all similar to female breast cancer. Many people believe that breast cancer only affects women only, but men can also get breast cancer. According to the study, male breast cancer is much rarer than in women, there is only one man with breast cancer per 100,000 men affected.

Causes of breast cancer

The average breast cancer patient is a male aged man 70tahun. Men who consume alcohol or obese have an increased risk of breast cancer is greater. The risk is high among patients who have a family member (male or female) with breast cancer.

Also, men with a rare genetic condition called Klinefelter's syndrome are 20 to 50 times more likely to get breast cancer than normal men. Men with Klinefelter's syndrome have an extra, female, X chromosome, making them XXY, and often have slightly more breast tissue than normal.

The highest risk factors include radiation to the chest when young and exposure to hormonal therapy for other disease conditions. Men with high blood levels of female hormone estrogen are at risk of breast cancer.

Treatment of male breast cancer

Male breast cancer is treated primarily with surgery to remove a section of the breast. Thereafter chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy may be used to kill the residual cancer cells.

Chemotherapy and radiation therapy may be used alone if the cancer is advanced and spread to other organs as well. Hormonal therapy with tamoxifen that helps to block the effects of hormones on breast tissue that are known to stimulate the growth of cancerous cells may be used to prevent the cancer recurrence.

Source :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male_breast_cancer

http://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-Male-Breast-Cancer.aspx

http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Male-Breast-Cancer.htm

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