Metastatic male breast cancer

Dk Mondal,Pk Chowdhury,Mk Sarker

doi:10.3329/mediscope.v2i1.24740

Abstract

Breast cancer of female is common but rare in male. It is diagnosed in advanced stage due to the limited amount of breast tissue and lack of awareness. Most cases occur over the age of 60 years. Male breast cancer is treated like female breast cancer. The outcome of the disease is worse, 5-4 years survival in about 40% cases.Mediscope Vol. 2, No. 1: 2015, Pages 36-38

Highlights

It is reported that male breast cancer is associated with worse outcome compared to female breast cancer.[4,6]
A comparison of prognostic factor led to the conclusion that male breast cancer is more similar to post-menopausal female breast cancer than premenopausal breast cancer.[11]
The case Hasan Ali aged 70 years old coming from Morolgonj, Bagerhat got admitted in Khulna Medical College Hospital on June, 2012 with the complaints of multiple nodules on right chest wall and persistent cough for one year

Summary

Introduction

Male breast cancer is a rare disease, with an incidence rate of 0.5% to 1% in comparison with female breast cancer.[1,2,3,4,5] Men are more likely than women to have a delay between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis of breast cancer, possibly due to low public awareness and the rarity of breast carcinoma in men.It is reported that male breast cancer is associated with worse outcome compared to female breast cancer.[4,6] Some studies have suggested that survival differences between sexes disappear after stratification for age and stage due to low incidence of male breast cancer.[6,7,8] Many of these studies suffered from small sample sizes, short follow-up time, and a non-population-based design, limiting their interpretability.Over the last few decades, survival of female breast cancer has improved significantly. Introduction Male breast cancer is a rare disease, with an incidence rate of 0.5% to 1% in comparison with female breast cancer.[1,2,3,4,5] Men are more likely than women to have a delay between the onset of symptoms and diagnosis of breast cancer, possibly due to low public awareness and the rarity of breast carcinoma in men. It is reported that male breast cancer is associated with worse outcome compared to female breast cancer.[4,6] Some studies have suggested that survival differences between sexes disappear after stratification for age and stage due to low incidence of male breast cancer.[6,7,8] Many of these studies suffered from small sample sizes, short follow-up time, and a non-population-based design, limiting their interpretability.

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