Male breast cancer - What you need to know about

Did you know that breast cancer in May capture of the man? Yes - that's really true!

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A special risk factors for breast cancer Male

-- Only about 1-1.5% of all breast cancer cases occur in humans.

-- Several risk factors have been identified that make some people more likely to develop breast cancer than others.

These risk factors are:

The average age of men diagnosed with breast cancer between 60 and 70 years.

Family History:

-- 20% of men with breast cancer have close relatives that his wife (or had) breast cancer.

The exposure to radiation:

-- Before the exposure to radiation (mostly for the treatment of cancer) is a risk factor for male breast cancer.

Liver disease:

-- If the normal functioning of the liver, it helps with hormone metabolism by binding proteins that the implementation of the hormones in the blood. If there is a man of diseases such as liver cirrhosis, they tend to have lower levels of androgens (male hormones), and the higher levels of estrogens (female hormones). This reality puts them at increased risk of developing gynecomastia (not - cancerous tissue growth) and breast cancer.

Symptoms of Male breast abnormalities

-- In the majority of the male breast changes are the result of benign (not cancerous) abnormalities, such as gynecomastia (non-cancerous growth of tissue)

-- So, people should report any persistent breast changes to their doctors for clinical evaluation.

-- The symptoms of male breast cancer may include:

-- A flat chest,

-- Swelling,

-- Skin dimpling or puckering,

-- Nipple withdrawn (nipple turning inward),

-- Redness or scaling, nipple or breast skin,

-- And nipple discharge.

How to cure Male breast cancer

This will be depending on the type and stage of breast cancer.

The next treatment will probably be used:

Surgery - Radiotherapy - chemotherapy - hormone therapy

Prices for the survival of the male breast cancer

Today, survival rates are similar to women cancer, when treatment is the tumor starts at the same time.

Anyway, male breast cancer is often diagnosed in the later stages of female breast cancer.

The following graph is the estimated amount of survival for each stage of breast cancer. The percentages are only averages. The chance of survival will be different for each man, depending on their medical situation and a number of other factors, including the new possibilities of treatment, how he reacts to treatment, etc.

Scenario 1 SIZE tumor less than 2 cm No lymph nodes 5 years Survivalrate 100%

Scene 2 tumor SIZE period of 2-5 cm No lymph nodes 5 years Survivalrate 95%

Stage 3 tumor SIZE No more than 5 cm lymph nodes 5 years Survivalrate 84%

Stage 4 tumor SIZE not apply to Survivalrate 52%

Everything about the planning of treatment and research

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Extra resources and referrals

The American Cancer Society provides information about breast cancer in men

The National Cancer Institute provides information on breast cancer in men

The University of Pennsylvania's Oncolink document, "NCI / PDQ doctor Declaration: Male breast cancer," is available at: