Abstract

Mucinous carcinoma is a rarely encountered breast cancer type in women and men alike. Histologically, mucinous cancers are identified as clusters of neoplastic cells within extracellular mucin. The prognosis of mucinous carcinoma varies depending on whether a patient has the pure or mixed subtype. The prognosis for patients with pure mucinous carcinoma is good with high survival rate, whereas patients with mixed mucinous carcinoma have higher rates of metastasis. Due to therarity of this type of breast cancer, very little information is known regarding risk stratification and disease management especially within the male population. This series presents three cases of male patients diagnosed with mucinous carcinoma of the breast.

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