Sunday, May 30, 2010

Male Breast Cancer

<1% of breast cancers
Risk factors:
- (increased estrogen levels): cirrhosis, Klinefelter sydnrome
- radiation
- BRCA2
most common tumor type is infiltrating ductal cancer
- stage for stage same as female breast cancer but detected later
management:
- mastectomy SLNB +/- ALND
- large majority are ER positive and adjuvant treatment should be offered the same as females

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